It is an archetypal shape, a simple mass with a gabled roof.

这是种原生形状，简单的体块加上人字屋顶。

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The building's gabled roof, pipework and internal structure were exposed.

建筑的山墙屋顶、管道和内部结构被暴露在外。

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You can see its pretty white gabled roof floating above a sea of corn stubble.

从收割过的麦田望过去，你可以看见那些好看的人字形屋顶，像是漂浮在这一大片的麦田之上。

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"In the old days, I used to hide modern elements behind traditional structures, " he says, citing a project where he put a gabled roof on a house to help minimize the conspicuousness of large, modern windows.

WSJ: Washington, D.C.: The New Boomtown