Verticality: All Lines Run Upwards

A building emphasizing height. Buttresses, clustered columns, window frames, and pinnacles form continuous vertical lines, soaring from the ground all the way to the roof and extending upwards into spires. Horizontal dividing lines are deliberately made thin and sparse. Openings are narrow and tall, and the roof is steep. The gaze is directed towards the sky. Avoid: adding prominent horizontal string courses and cornices, making openings horizontally rectangular, changing the roof to a gentle slope or flat roof, allowing the sense of width to overpower the sense of height.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟強調高度的建築。扶壁、柱束、窗框與小尖塔形成連續不斷的垂直線,從地面一路衝到屋頂再往上延伸成尖頂,水平的分割線刻意做細做少。開口窄而高,屋頂陡峭。視線被引導往天空。避免:加入明顯的水平腰線與飛簷、把開口做成橫長方形、屋頂改成平緩或平頂、讓量體的寬度感勝過高度感。