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1、MBA英语历年真题阅读理解及参考答案详解二 WetendtothinkofthedecadesimmediatelyfollowingWorldWarⅡasatimeofprosperityandgrowth,withsoldiersreturninghomebythemillions,goingofftocollegeontheGl,Billandliningupatthemarriagebureaus. Butwhenitcametotheirhouses,itwasatimeofcommonsenseanda
2、beliefthatlesscouldtrulybemore,DuringtheDepressionandthewar,Americanshadlearnedtolivewithless.andthatrestraint,incombinationwiththepostwarconfidenceinthefuture,madesmall,efficienthousingpositivelystylish. Economicconditionwasonlyastimulusforthetrendtowardeffici
3、entliving.Thephrase“lessismore"wasactuallyfirstpopularizedbyaGerman,thearchitectLudwigMiesvanderRobe,whoLikeotherpeopleassociatedwiththeBauhaus,aschoolofdesign,emigratedtotheUnitedStatesbeforeWorldWar11andtookuppostsatAmericanarchitectureschools.Thesedesignersca
4、metoexertenormousinfluenceonthecourseofAmericanarchitecture.butnonemoresothanMies.Mies'ssignaturephrasemeansthatlessdecoration,properlyorganized,hasmoreimpactsthanalot.Elegance,hebelieved,didnotderivefromabundance.Likeothermodemarchitects.heemployedmetal,glassan
5、dlaminatedwood-materialsthatwetakeforgrantedtodaybutthatinthe
194Ossymbolizedthefuture.Mies'ssophisticatedpresentationmaskedthefactthatthespaceshedesignedweresmallandefficient,ratherthanbigandoftenempty. TheapartmentsintheeleganttowersMiesbuiltonChicago'sLake
6、ShoreDrive,forexample,weresmaller-two-bedroomunitsunder1,000squarefeet-thanthoseintheirolderneighborsalongthecity'sGoldCoast.Buttheywerepopularbecauseoftheirairyglasswalls,theviewstheyaffordedandtheeleganceofthebuildings'detailsandproportions,thearchitecturalequ
7、ivalentoftheabstractartsopopularatthetime. Thetrendtoward“less"wasnotentirelyforeign,Inthe193OsFrankLloydWrightstartedbuildingmoremodestandefficienthouses-usuallyaround1,200squarefeet-thanthespreadingtwo-storeyoneshehaddesignedintheI89Osandtheearly20thcentury.
8、 The"CaseStudyHouses"commissionedfromtalentedmodernarchitectsbyCaliforniaArts&Architecturemagazinebetween1945and1962wereyetanotherhomegrowninfluenceonthe"lessismore"t
