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They’re the signature of any major city’s skyline – towering buildings that are beloved by locals and a magnet for tourists looking for the perfect Instagram snap.
它们耸出天际，是其所在城市的名片，它们拔地而起，深受当地群众的热爱。游客也慕名而来。在这里拍出最佳照片，上传Instagram。

While many have become celebrated symbols due to their architectural beauty, others have broken the mould and left visitors wondering why they were built in the first place.
一些建筑因其自身的建筑美而成为著名的标志，另一些建筑因为太过标新立异让游客们不禁要问一开始建造这些建筑的目的是什么。
The strangest skyscrapers in the world are an endless source of debate, with Bangkok's unusual Elephant Building being billed as 'the most talked about building' in Thailand and one of the world's ugliest.
世界上最奇怪的建筑永远都是人们的谈资，而曼谷那非比寻常的“大象楼”被评为泰国“最引人热议的建筑”和世界上最丑的建筑之一。
The 32-floor high-rise was built to look like an elephant – one of the country's most famous animals – but has received mixed reviews
这栋建筑有32层，拔地耸出，建造成这个国家最著名动物大象的形状，但人们对这栋建筑的评价却褒贬不一。

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Sculptures of naked babies were added to the communist-era Zizkov tower's pillars as part of a temporary art installation in 2000
2000年，一个光屁股小孩的雕塑被放到了共产主义时期建造的孜孜科夫塔的柱子上作为当时的一个临时性的艺术装饰品

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Designers of the Central China TV building described it as the reinvention of the skyscraper as a loop
中国中央电视台大楼的设计师说这座大楼是将传统的摩天大楼重塑成一圈。

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The Longaberger Basket Company's headquarters in Newark, Ohio, is an example of novelty architecture; the handles weigh 150 tons
篮子制造商龙格堡加（Longaberger）公司在俄亥俄州纽沃克市的总部大楼是造型新颖奇特的范例；光这两个把手就有150吨重。

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The 37-storey Walkie Talkie office building was voted the ugliest and most hated building in Britain by Building Design magazine
这栋37层的对讲机大楼被《建筑设计杂志》评选为英国最丑最令人讨厌的建筑

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The Ryugyong Hotel dominates the skyline in Pyongyang, North Korea; construction began in 1987 and the hotel has never opened
柳京饭店称霸朝鲜平壤的一方领空；饭店建造工程始于1987年，但从来都没有开张

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These twin towers were completed in 1988 and have been called the 'koala tree buildings' because their extrusions look like koala bears
这两栋双子楼建成于1988年，因其突出地方的形状像考拉而一直都被人称作“考拉树大楼”

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Aldar's headquarters in Abu Dhabi was once voted the most futuristic building in the world; it is the world's first circular skyscraper
阿尔达公司在阿布扎比市的总部，曾被誉为世界上最未来主义的建筑；它是世界上第一栋圆形建筑