有關介紹建築的英語文章

　　以建築、地景、城市規劃三位一體，構成人居環境科學的大體系中的“主導專業”。下面小編整理，希望大家喜歡!

　　品析

　　Do you think old buildings should be broken down, and give place for modernbuildings. How are the old buildings important in our society?

　　With the rapid development of urbanization, many people advocate the demolition of oldhouses for the benefit of economic and social development. But others argue that we can’truin the traditional cultural heritage. Personally, I side with the former opinion.

　　In the first place, the existence of old houses is an obstacle to modern urbanization bydamaging the image of the city. If they are replaced with modern skyscrapers, the city will takeon a new look. Take the Summer Palace in Beijing for example, Being government hasdemolished a large number of run-down the Summer Palace and constructed many newhousing buildings instead.

　　In the second place, there is a potential danger to people living in old houses or evenpassers-by. If the houses are old enough to collapse in the end, where does the value ofculture or tourism exist? The tourists surely will not travel a long distance to see these so-called“culture heritage” at the risk of their lives. []

　　In the third place, replacing old houses with buildings can help to solve housing problems.It is well-known that China is a densely-populated country and people in urban areas onlyhave little housing space. Undoubtedly, replacing old houses with new buildings is a good wayto solve the problem.

　　As mentioned above, I can draw a conclusion safely: It is irresistible to replace old houseswith modern buildings. At the same time, it is necessary for us to restore a limited number ofold houses for the sake of conserving traditional culture and attracting tourists.

　　經典

　　1.The Portland Building, Portland, United States 美國波特蘭大樓

　　File photo of The Portland Building.

　　It is an accepted fact that the 1980s was the decade where taste went mad and decided tostart donning pattern sweaters and shoulder pads. However, that still doesn't explain whyjudges went with Michael Graves' design for a new civic building in the US state of Oregon.

　　眾所周知，20世紀80年代是大眾品味變得瘋狂的十年，人們開始穿花樣毛衣，戴墊肩。但這仍然無法解釋為什麼米歇爾•格列夫斯會設計出這棟美國俄勒岡州的民用建築。

　　2.The Fang Yuan Building, Shenyang, China 中國瀋陽方圓大廈

　　File photo of The Fang Yuan Building.

　　Like most of the buildings on our list, this effort is distinctive if not distinguished. ArchitectCY Lee — who did a much better job with his Taipei 101 skyscraper over in Taiwan — wantedto fuse cultures by merging an old Chinese coin, complete with square cut-out, with acontemporary modern office block.

　　就像我們所列出的大多數建築那樣，這幢建築的設計也很有特色，但並不傑出。它的設計師是CY李，其所設計的臺北101大廈要好很多。設計師希望通過將中國古老孔方形狀錢幣與現代辦公大樓相結合來達到文化相融的目的。

　　3.Petrobras Headquarters, Rio De Janiero, Brazil 巴西石油公司總部

　　File photo of Petrobras Headquarters.

　　In a way you have to admire Petrobras for its audacity. After all, it is not every leading multi-national firm ***the energy company is the biggest in Latin America*** that chooses to house itsshowpiece headquarters in a building that's as awful as this.

　　你必須欽佩巴西石油公司的膽大。畢竟巴西石油公司不是領先的跨國企業***這家能源公司在拉丁美洲是最大的***，公司選擇將其作為樣板的總部安排在這樣一座醜陋的樓裡。

　　Fact: The building is at least in good company. Its next door neighbor is Rio De JaneiroCathedral, an equally controversial ***read ugly*** example of concrete brutalism.

　　實情：至少，這棟大樓旁還有建築相陪。大樓旁邊是里約熱內盧大教堂，同樣也是一座典型的富有爭議的粗獷混凝土建築。

　　關於

　　Memorial Archway

　　牌坊

　　Memorial archway, different from either houses dwelled by humans or temples where gods are worshiped , is a unique kind of memorial architecture.

　　牌坊又稱牌樓，它不同於民居，民居是住人的;也不同於寺廟，寺廟是供神的;它是一種門洞式的、紀念性的獨特的建築物。

　　Memorial archway derives from the Lingstar Gate. The first emperor of the Han Dynasty stipulated that the Ling stare should behonored first when worshiping the heaven. Ling Star Gate, first built in 1028, was rebuilt in theConfucian temple later in honor of Confucius. It is considered that people offered sacrifice tothe Ling Star in the Han Dynasty in order to pray for a fruitful year which has nothing to dowith Confucius and then the Chinese character "靈" was turned into "櫺" again. From the SouthSong Dynasty on, especially in Ming and Qing dynasties, the Ling Star Gate was not only builtnear the suburb altar and the Confucian temple, but also near ordinary temples, tombs,ancestral shrines, office buildings, gardens or beside the streets and cross. It is not only usedto worship heaven and Confucius, but also in praise of noble acts and chastity. The purposeof the construction of the memorial archway con be classified into three types: symbolicarchway, archway of credit and morality,and archway of achievement.

　　牌坊是由棋星門衍變而來的。提星原作靈星，靈星即天回星。漢高祖規定：祭天應先祭靈星。到宋仁宗天聖六年***1028***，築郊臺***祭祀天地的建築***外垣，設定靈星門。後移置於孔廟，用祭天的禮儀來尊重孔子。後來人們認為漢代祭祀靈星，是為了析求豐年，與孔廟元關。又改靈星為梗星。宋***南宋***元年以後，尤其是明清，這種建築不僅置於郊壇、孔廟，還建於廟宇、陵基、祠堂、衙署和園林前或街旁、裡前、路口。也不僅用於祭天、祀孔，還用於褒揚功德，施表節烈等等，於是靈星門不僅一變成為棋星門，而且再變為牌坊。牌坊就其建造意圖來說，可分為蘭類：一類為標誌坊;二類為功德坊;三類是標誌科舉成就的。

　　Memorial is a symbol of lofty honor in the feudal society. As act of archway an promotion ofrender of immortal fame the construction of memorial virtues and is the highest in people'slives. history of archway pursuit With a time-honored building up southern Anhui has manywell-preserved memorial archway，archways enjoying equal reputation with the ancientshrines folk houses.

　　在封建社會牌坊是崇高榮譽的象徵。樹牌坊是彰德行，沐皇恩，流芳百世之舉，是人們一生的最高追求。在安徽省南部有著悠久的修建牌坊的歷史，許多牌坊至今儲存完好。牌坊是當地古代建築的"三絕"之一，與古祠堂、古民居鼎足齊名。