“摩天楼”一词出现在20世纪初纽约当时最高的高层建筑——沃尔沃斯大厦——建成之时。从今天来看,摩天楼不仅是20世纪美国式的产品,而且是技术进步、资本集中、消费社会和自由主义政治的象征。《时代建筑》杂志聚焦“新世纪摩天楼”,不仅因为近10年来中国已经建造并且正在建造不少摩天楼,而且因为在整个国家对“现代化”的全面追求中,我们试图冷静反思“摩天楼”和中国的都市性的关系。在主题栏目的篇首,我们安排了沈康和李华的文章“‘现代’的幻像:中国摩天楼的另一种解读”。这篇文章对中外摩天楼的象征性,都市功能进行了比较研究,分析 The term “skyscraper” appeared at the time of the construction of the tallest tall building in New York at the beginning of the 20th century - the Woolworth Building. From today's perspective, the skyscraper is not only a 20th-century American-style product, but also a symbol of technological progress, capital concentration, consumer society and liberal politics. Time Architecture magazine focused on “New Century Skyscrapers” not only because China has built and is building quite a few skyscrapers in the past 10 years, but also because of the all-out pursuit of “modernization” in the entire country, we are trying to calmly reflect on the “skyscrapers” and China Urban relationship. In the first column of the subject section, we arranged for Shen Kang and Li Hua's article, “The Phantasm of Modernity: Another Interpretation of Chinese Skyscrapers.” This article makes a comparative study and analysis of the symbolic and urban functions of Chinese and foreign skyscrapers