Rather than tearing down the 160-square-metre building, the architects opted to renovate it. "The building was revitalised from a state of deterioration, " said the firm.

建筑师没有选择拆除这座160平方米的建筑，而是对其进行改造。“使建筑在恶化的状态下重生”，公司说道。

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They were tearing down that old building in order to build a new apartment house there.

他们在把那座旧楼拆掉，好在这里盖一座新的住宅楼。

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They are tearing down the old houses in order to put up a new apartment building here.

他们在拆那些旧房子，打算在这里盖新公寓。

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The panel had narrowed a list of choices to renovating Sandy Hook Elementary School, tearing it down and constructing a new building at the same site or building a new school on nearby property.

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They purchased land in Vienna, Virginia with the intention of tearing down an existing house and building a new one.

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