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1、1外文资料TheTallOfficeBuildingArtisticallyConsideredbyLouisH.Sullivan,March,1896Thearchitectsofthislandandgenerationarenowbroughtfacetofacewithsomethingnewunderthesunnamely,thatevolutionandintegrationofsocialconditions,thatspecialgroupingofthem,thatresultsinadem
2、andfortheerectionoftallofficebuildings.Itisnotmypurposetodiscussthesocialconditions;Iacceptthemasthefact,andsayatoncethatthedesignofthetallofficebuildingmustberecognizedandconfrontedattheoutsetasaproblemtobesolvedavitalproblem,pressingforatruesolution.Letuss
3、tatetheconditionsintheplainestmanner.Briefly,theyarethese:officesarenecessaryforthetransactionofbusiness;theinventionandperfectionofthehighspeedelevatorsmakeverticaltravel,thatwasoncetediousandpainful,noweasyandcomfortable;developmentofsteelmanufacturehassho
4、wnthewaytosafe,rigid,economicalconstructionsrisingtoagreatheight;continuedgrowthofpopulationinthegreatcities,consequentcongestionofcentersandriseinvalueofground,stimulateanincreaseinnumberofstories;thesesuccessfullypiledoneuponanother,reactongroundvaluesands
5、oon,byactionandreaction,interactionandinterreaction.Thushascomeaboutthatformofloftyconstructioncalledthe"modernofficebuilding".Ithascomeinanswertoacall,forinitanewgroupingofsocialconditionshasfoundahabitationandaname.Uptothispointallinevidenceismaterialistic
6、,anexhibitionofforce,ofresolution,ofbrainsinthekeensenseoftheword.Itisthejointproductofthespeculator,theengineer,thebuilder.Problem:Howshallweimparttothissterilepile,thiscrude,harsh,brutalagglomeration,thisstark,staringexclamationofeternalstrife,thegraciousn
7、essofthesehigherformsofsensibilityandculturethatrestonthelowerandfiercerpassions?Howshallweproclaimfromthedizzyheightofthisstrange,weird,modernhousetopthepeacefulevangelofsentiment,ofbeauty,thecultofahigherlife?Thisistheproblem;andwemustseekthesolutionofitin
8、aprocessanalogoustoitsownevolutionindeed,acontinuationofitnamely,byproceedingstepbystepfromgeneraltospecialaspects,fromcoarsertofinerconsiderations.Itismybeliefthatitisoftheveryessenceofeverypro