windows

After you spend a lot of time in a foreign country you no longer see things that you've noticed when you've just got here. I have completely forgotten, that USA have totally different shape and type of windows. And what is more interesting, the role of windows seems to be totally different.
I've talked to a fiend of mine yesterday about the place where he works. He does not have any windows there. Isn't that like working in a basement? And the funny thing is that there are in fact buildings with no windows, or no windows on some floors (like my school). Why build a building like that up? You might as well just dig the ground and add basement floors...And you know what? Not only you won't see the world and people around you, they won't see you too. Win-win situation, isn't it?
and then just put lamps there... everywhere... is if it's the same type of lighting as the natural one.