• zabadoh@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Only some office buildings can be converted into reasonably shaped apartments, particularly those built before WW2, when architects wanted more natural light. After WW2, office buildings became a lot deeper because of expanded use of electric lights.

    But there are ways to make more useful shapes out of those open floor plans.

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      Make apartments on the sides and use the middle for cool stuff like cinema rooms and ball pits.