But as restrictions on Taiwan's construction industry were relaxed in the next two decades, buildings rose up beyond 10 and 20 stories. By the time the government noticed that the huge variation in building heights, styles, and dimensions created an unattractive architectural hodgepodge, and tried to impose some planning, "it was too late," says Huang.
民國六十到八十年間，台灣建築法令鬆綁，建築樓層也從十幾二十樓一路往上攀升，等到政府察覺大量不同高度、形式、量體的建築在都市雜亂陳，想要以公權力介入土地分區管制及容積率等時，「已經來不及了」，黃承令副教授說。