Buildings under construction are now less resistant to certain forms of attack.

正在建设中的建筑对某种攻击的抵抗力降低了。

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A man walks past buildings under construction at a residential complex in Chongqing municipality, January 28, 2011.

图为2011年1月28日，一男子走过重庆一处正在施工中的住宅小区。

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Guanglong Center, Jinhui International Mansion, Zhonghai business Mansion and many business buildings which are under construction will encircle South-city building.

周边正兴建广隆中心、金汇国际、中海商务大厦等多个商务楼宇，将围绕着城南商业中心打造出一流的楼宇商务圈。

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The freeze allows for buildings already under construction in West Bank settlements to be completed and does not apply to East Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as their future capital.

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"I like buildings under construction better than when they are finished because there's a kind of immediacy, a feeling of process, and it's accessible, " he continues, glancing up at his studio's exposed ductwork and hanging insulation.

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He added that fire spread was a major concern at the incident, and that the Chief Fire Officers Association "was right to be increasingly concerned about the number and severity of fires in timber framed buildings under construction".

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But that may only be because windows have yet to be installed in the dozens of skyscrapers sprouting in the Arab Gulf, home to 22 of the world's 50 tallest buildings under construction, 16 of those in Dubai alone.

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