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A centrally located "wet cube" delineates functional aspects of the house such as kitchen, bar, and living functions, while doubling as the kitchen pantry.

“湿立方”位于住宅中央，勾划了住宅的主要功能，如厨房、酒吧和生活功能区，同时兼作厨房储藏室。

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Again taking inspiration in the natural granite cliff overhanging the house, we decided to hand a granite cube in the middle of the dense green jungle at the base of the cliff.

我们再次从悬于房屋之上的天然花岗岩悬崖获得灵感，决定把茂密绿林中的花岗岩立方体设置在悬崖底部。

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One theory goes like this: that most countries have ended up with first house sizes that correspond to the cube root of their populations.

BBC: Incongruous, inconsistent, irrational

The location scouts did their job all too well and found the most horrible house in England, a concrete cube in a rusty, sweltering wasteland.

NEWYORKER: The Cement Garden