海克尼市是一个大杂烩，在这里供金融城里比较喜欢冒险的银行家和律师居住的新建的豪华公寓，与设计拙劣的混凝土住宅区相对峙，后者的状况甚至让警察都感到踌躇。
Hackney is a mishmash, where newly built luxury flats housing the City's more adventurous bankers and lawyers compete with ill-conceived concrete estates that make even the police hesitate.
最近的例子包括伦敦的巴比肯地产提出的塔式公寓，以及波尔多一个植物覆盖的住宅与办公综合体。
Recent examples include an apartment tower proposed for the Barbican estate in London and a plant-covered housing and office complex for Bordeaux.
一对见多识广的夫妇委托建造这栋住宅，寻求能够与自己在城市中的小公寓相对立的住宅。
A well-traveled couple commissioned the house, seeking a "counterpoint" to their small apartment in the city.
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