Context is everything - architecture must speak to its surroundings.
語(yǔ)境就是一切——建筑必須與其環(huán)境對(duì)話。
寫作是一種耐心的行為，等待合適的詞語(yǔ)到來(lái)。
Be so good they can't ignore you.
Sustainability isn't an option—it's the only path forward for any industry that wants to thrive in the future.
過(guò)去并未死去；它甚至還未過(guò)去。
At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"