These glistening buildings closed ranks of Taiwan's streets. However, though they symbolized a rise in the technical standard of architecture in Taiwan, the heat absorbent nature of glass makes them less than ideal for the Asian subtropics.
矗立台灣街頭光閃閃、亮晃晃的成排銀派大廈，雖是台灣建築技術水準提昇的象徵，但玻璃吸熱的特性，其實並不適合亞熱帶地區。