Recently the media has focused attention on controversy over arcades and "open-space" designs with raised ground-floor ceiling heights and large areas unobstructed by columns. But in fact such designs are encouraged or even required by current building codes.
最近在媒體上備受爭議的騎樓、一樓挑高挑空等開放空間設計，其實都是現行建築法規所鼓勵、甚至規定要如此做的。