Enormous changes in materials and techniques of construction within the last few generations have made it possible to enclose space with much greater ease and speed and with a minimum of material.

在过去的几代人的时间里，建筑材料和建筑技术发生了巨大变革，使人们能够以最少的材料更加简洁、快速地围砌出建筑空间。

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Materials and methods of construction are integral parts of the design of architecture structures.

建筑材料和施工方法是建筑结构设计的重要组成部分。

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Credit Suisse said that sectors like building materials & construction, steels, autos, media and travel and leisure had priced in the risk of a halving in sales growth forecasts.

瑞士信贷表示，建筑材料与施工， 钢材， 汽车，媒体，旅游与休闲等行业的定价存在导致销售量减半的风险。

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Prosecutors are investigating why so many modern buildings were flattened by the quake and whether flawed construction materials were to blame.

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Construction is a combination of workmanship and choice of materials. Take this computer, if I pull the silicon out, I replace it with gallium arsenide, leave everything else the same.

构造则是技巧和材料的选择,的结合，拿这个电脑为例，如果我将硅取出，替换成砷化镓，其他东西不变。

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It also wants a guarantee from Hamas that militants will not use construction materials to build bunkers and weapons to attack Israel.

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At present, some 500, 000 tonnes of slate a year is produced in the quarry for roofing, architectural materials and construction.

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The minute control over materials made possible by 3-D printing could definitely make a difference in pre-fabricating materials for construction.

FORBES: MIT Architect Plans to Print Her Own Buildings

While the materials and construction methods are similar to standard pylons, one point of departure is the colour - white instead of gun-metal grey.

BBC: Could pylons ever be pretty?