It seems usual to go shopping with your colleagues during lunch time if there is a bustling block around your workplace.

如果你的单位正好位于繁华街区，趁着午饭时分拉着同事一起去血拼大概也是常事。

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When planning the Eastgate Shopping Center and office block in Harare, Zimbabwe, architect Mike Pearce studied the structure of termite mounds.

在规划津巴布韦首都哈拉雷市的东门购物中心和办公大楼时，建筑师迈克·皮尔斯(Mike Pearce)就研究了白蚁巢穴的构造。

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A transparent curtain wall set all along the promenade is punctuated by green walls that indicate the main entrances towards the shopping mall, and the lobbies of each apartment block.

沿着人行道布置的大片透明的玻璃幕墙，不时被用来指示通往购物商场主要入口的绿色植生墙和进入各个公寓大楼的大堂打断。

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Inside the city there were new large apartment block, shopping malls and a renovated tram system filled with riders.

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He says there is "soft data" in the form of surveys and interviews that suggests buildings that adhere to feng shui principles make their occupants happier -- be it a shopping mall, office block or a hospital.

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Except in Portland and Minneapolis, each local government is free to make its own decisions about whether to permit the building of a new office block or shopping mall, regardless of any cost the decision imposes on neighbours.

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