西方建筑界现在正处于错综复杂、动荡不定的局面之中。建筑师中间,流派林立,“主义”奇多,建筑“价值观”混乱。长时间以来,既缺少共同的评价建筑的准则,也没有公认的权威和中心。每一座重要的建筑物落成,或每一种新的学说出现,都是既有人赞赏,又有人批判,众说纷纭,莫衷一是。对于多数建筑师说来,方向不清,前景不明,正象《纽约书评》不久前刊登 The Western architectural world is now in a complex and turbulent situation. Among the architects, there are many schools of thought, many “isms”, and the “values” of architecture are confusing. For a long time, there has been a lack of common guidelines for the evaluation of buildings and no recognized authority or center. Every important building has been completed, or every new theory has emerged. Both are praised by some people and criticized by others. There is a lot of confusion and disagreement. For most architects, the directions are unclear and the prospects are uncertain, just as the New York Book Review published recently.