There were pieces of paper, boxes, glass bottles and a lot of other rubbish everywhere.

到处都是纸片、盒子、玻璃瓶和许多其他垃圾。

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Glass boxes extend out 4.3 feet from the Skydeck on the 103rd floor, providing amazing views of the city.

在103层上，玻璃平台向外延伸4.3英尺，为游客提供了可以俯瞰整座城市的绝妙视角。

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The boxes, which opened last week as part of an extensive renovation of the tower's observation deck, are among the most recent, and more outlandish, projects that use glass as load-bearing elements.

这些上周才作为高塔观景台的扩展翻修部分完工的玻璃盒子，是最新的、最奇特的使用玻璃作为承重部件的工程。

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Resembling modern, three-dimensional sculptures, jigsaw houses can range from interlocking meshed boxes to walls of glass that blur the line between interior and exterior.

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Most of the greatest glass boxes were designed by Mies, who realized the potential of suspending a "glass curtain" on a steel frame as early as 1928 with his Barcelona Pavilion: Since all the support needed was provided by the metal, the architect could use walls to sculpt space, as Mies did brilliantly with a delicate balance of transparent and reflective surfaces.

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More important in terms of actual building, the glass boxes were economical compared to Beaux Arts marble, a crucial consideration in the period of postwar inflation.

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