They live together in colonies, like underwater tower blocks.

它们聚集生长，像住在水下高塔小区。

The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks.

这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。

Dizzyingly tall tower blocks create a mosaic effect as far as the eye can see in these mesmerising photos of Hong Kong's living quarters.

这些图片上的香港住宅楼高耸入云，目之所及就像马赛克一样令人眼花缭乱。

I stayed in student dorms in Swedish university towns and plush colonial-era houses in Madrid via communist-built tower blocks on the outskirts of Wroclaw in Poland.

我曾经住在瑞典大学城的学生宿舍里，马德里一间殖民时期房子里的一张豪华沙发上，以及波兰弗罗茨瓦夫郊外的一幢公共高层住宅。