架构师提供的文本描述。唯一一个在今年的颁奖典礼上获得嘉奖的住宅项目是盖斯的钢框架展馆，位于西崖岭的一处树木茂密的庄园内，在约翰内斯堡的天际线上可以看到迷人的景色，它确实是钢铁建筑和建筑领域的杰作。

Text description provided by the architects. The only residential project to receive a commendation at this year's awards, GASS's steel-framed pavilion, located on the Westcliff Ridge within a wooded estate with arresting views across the Johannesburg skyline, is truly a masterpiece in steel architecture and construction.

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从它隐藏的地方，在悬崖边缘，这个钢框架展馆主要是由I-段为梁和方形空心管为柱。

From its hiding place on the edge of the cliff this steel framed pavilion is constructed primarily from I-sections for beams and square hollow tubes for columns.

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钢框架结构的选择有三重。首先，部分来自客户的简要介绍，以及由于别墅的宏伟设置而产生的明显要求是，必须尽可能多地在房屋的视图一侧使用玻璃。通过在结构钢元素之间放置铝和钢框架玻璃窗和门，而不是依赖更大、更重的元素，如砖石和混凝土，这就容易得多。

The Choice to use steel framed construction was threefold.. Firstly, part of the brief from the client,and the obvious requirement due to the magnificent setting of the cottage was the necessity to use as much glass on the view side of the property as possible. This was far easier facilitated by placing the aluminium and steel framed glass windows and doors between structural steel elements, rather than relying on more bulky, heavier elements such as masonry and concrete.

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其次，从环境的角度来看，建筑师GeorgvanGass和ClareEisenstein希望对西克利夫山脊的生态系统给予轻描淡写的对待，对周围环境的影响很小。其目的是让建筑物漂浮在地面上方，尽可能多地保持山脊完整；对地面的唯一破坏是主要结构钢柱的基础。选择钢框架结构的第三个原因是视觉上的。简单地说，Georg van Gass和Clare Eisenstein想要一种优雅的、永恒的美学，允许使用钢元素不仅作为主要的结构元素，而且作为主要的建筑主题。这也允许纳入与外部实心甲板无缝混合的立式实木地板，同时仍保留直、优雅的钢边细节。

Second, from an environmental perspective, architects Georg van Gass and Clare Eisenstein wanted to treat the ecosystem of the Westcliff Ridge very lightly, with low impact on its surrounding. The goal was to allow the building to float above the ground plane, leaving as much of the ridge intact as possible; the only disruption to the ground being the footings of the main structural steel columns. The third reason that a steel frame structure was chosen was a visual one. Simply put, Georg van Gass and Clare Eisenstein wanted an elegant, timeless aesthetic that would allow the use of steel elements not only as primary structural elements, but also as the principal architectural motif. This also allowed the incorporation of sprung solid timber floors that blended seamlessly with the exterior solid decking, while still retaining the straight, elegant steel edge detail.

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其中一个主要的识别特征，使这项工作不仅仅是一个现代主义的盒子是浮动石墙。在西悬崖岭和周围的许多房子是著名的使用当地的石头作品，在他们的细节，包括建筑大师，如赫伯特贝克爵士的作品。Georg热衷于继续在设计中使用土生土长的石头的传统，因此，他们希望包括一堵由采摘在遗址上的石头制成的墙。然而，他想让这堵墙扭动一下，使它有别于西克利夫的所有其他墙壁。

One of the main identifying features that make this work more than simply a modernist box is the floating stone wall. Many of the houses on the Westcliff Ridge and surrounds are famous for their use of native stonework in their detailing, including works by architectural greats like Sir Herbert Baker. Georg was keen to continue in this tradition of using indigenous stone in the design, and so the as such, wanted to include a wall made from stone harvested on the site itself. However, he wanted to give this wall a twist, something that would differentiate it from all other walls in Westcliff.

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Georg和Clare选择改变对一堵硬墙的理解，从理论上重新设想一堵墙到底是什么。他们选择摆脱这种坚固和坚实的概念，这是理解一堵墙所固有的，并做了完全相反的事情：创造一些根本不依赖于地面的东西来获得它的坚固性。于是他们创造了一堵浮动墙，“通过一些创造性的工程，我们能够把浮动墙挂在已经浮起的钢框架结构上。这样在漂浮的建筑物上形成了一堵浮动的墙“，Georg说。

Georg and Clare chose to turn the understanding of a solid wall on its head, to theoretically re-conceive what a wall actually is. They chose to get rid of this concept of sturdiness and solidity that is inherent in the understanding of a wall, and do the exact opposite: create something that does not rely on the ground at all for its solidity. So they created a floating wall, “With some creative engineering, we were able to suspend the floating wall off of the already lofted steel framed structure. Thus creating a floating wall on a floating building”, says Georg.