Unlucky Floors
The numbering system of floors in buildings is often overcomplicated. Do numbers really bring bad luck?
Arif Zulkifli
March 3, 2025
MANY people dislike complexity, although complexity does not necessarily always lack meaning or explanation.
In the skyscrapers of Tokyo or Singapore, floors are numbered with the number 1 for the lowest floor, often reaching the twenties or thirties for the highest floor. Floors below level 1 are written as B (basement). B1 means one floor below floor 1, B2 is below B1, and so on. With this numbering system, we can imagine the height of a
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