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专业英语翻译原文：The future of the tall buildingAnd structure of buildings Zoning effects on the density

专业英语翻译 原文： ThefutureofthetallbuildingAndstructureofbuildings Zoningeffectsonthedensityoftallbuildingsandsolardesign mayraiseethicalchallenge.Acombinedprojectofoldandnew buildingsmaybringbackhumanscaletoourcities.Ownersand conceptualdesignerswillbechallengedinthe1980stoproduce economicallysound,people-orientedbuildings. In1980theLevelHouse,designedbySkidmore,OwingsandMerril1 (SOM)receivedthe25-yearawardfromtheAmericanInstituteof Architects“inrecognitionofarchitecturaldesignofenduring significance”.Thisawardisgivenonceayearforabuildingbetween 25and35yearsold.LewisMumforddescribedtheLeverHouseas“the firstofficebuildinginwhichmodernmaterials,modernconstruction, modernfunctionshavebeencombinedwithamodernplan”.Atthetime, thisdaringconceptcouldonlybeachievedbyvisionarymenlike GordonBunshaft,thedesigner,andCharlesLuckman,theownerand then-presidentofLeverBrothers.Theprojectalsoincludedafew “first”:(1)itwasthefirstsealedglasstowereverbuilt;(2) itwasthefirstofficebuildingdesignedbySOM;and(3)itwasthe firstofficebuildingonParkAvenuetoomitretailspaceonthe firstfloor.Today,afterhundredsoflook-alikeandvariationson thegriddesign,wehavereachedwhatmaybetheepitomeoftall buildingdesign:thenondescriptbuilding.Exceptforafewrecently completedbuildingsthatseemtobepeople-orientedintheirlower floors,mosttallbuildingsseemtobearepletionofthedull, graph-paper-likemonolithsinmanyofourcities.Canthisbetheend