The main building forms the centre of the cross formation.

主要建筑位于十字平面的中心。

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Upper levels are broken into smaller elements to create a series of building forms.

建筑上部通过使用分割后的小体量建筑单体，组成一系列建筑形式。

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With its contemporary, reduced cubical stylethe new building forms an intentional counterpoint to the adjacent municipality.

音乐厅采用立方体的当代建筑风格，有意与旁边的市政厅形成反差。

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In Shanghai, architects and their clients were influenced by traditional Chinese building forms and motifs.

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The hotel building forms just part of part of the Abraj al-Bait complex, a Gotham City-like eruption of seven huge towers, conveniently sited a stone's throw from the Great Mosque.

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For members of the local community board who worked closely with Mr. de Portzamparc and his staff during the approval process, the switch suggests a broader flaw in the land-use process, which approves broad-brush building forms known as envelopes but not specific designs.

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