《梁思成与他的时代》内容简介

　　这是一个你所不熟悉的梁思成。他在1931到1948年间，回应激荡世界的现代建筑潮流，和同仁们通过建筑史的调研和写作，构筑起“中国建筑”体系，并积极思考该体系向中国现代建筑转换的可能。而在1949到1959年间，他深陷新中国政治运动的漩涡。为跟上形势，他频繁进行自我否定和改造，有时也将批判矛头指向同道。他的思想历程充满急剧的扭转、中断和切换，到最后彻底迷失。他构筑起的“中国建筑”体系也在任意化的政治潮流冲击下分崩离析。

　　本书以大量新史料追溯梁思成的心路历程，探讨中国现当代建筑发展与政权更迭和政治运动之间的复杂关系。那段历史远没有结束：政治任意化导致的建筑任意化，仍然主导着今天中国的空间图景。

　　作者简介

　　朱涛，香港大学建筑系任助理教授，纽约哥伦比亚大学建筑历史与理论哲学博士候选人。他于1990年获重庆建筑工程学院建筑学工学学士，2001年获纽约哥伦比亚大学建筑学硕士，2007年获哥伦比亚大学建筑历史与理论哲学硕士。在进行建筑实践的同时，他还通过写作广泛探讨当代中国建筑和城市问题。

　　2010年，由《南方都市报》及八家中国建筑媒体联合主办的“中国建筑传媒奖”评选活动，将首次设立的“建筑评论奖”授予朱涛，表彰他过去十年的写作，以及在建筑的专业解读、空间的社会关怀和历史性反思三方面取得的突出成就。

　　他最近的作品包括，与十九位国际建筑学者联手写作的首部世界当代建筑通史《当代建筑：一部批判的历史1960-2010》（ACriticalHistoryofContemporaryArchitecture：1960–2010），将于2014年3月由伦敦Ashgate出版。Brief introduction of Liang Sicheng and his Times

This is a Liang Sicheng you are not familiar with. From 1931 to 1948, he responded to the modern architectural trend that shook the world. Through the research and writing of architectural history, he and his colleagues built the system of "Chinese architecture" and actively thought about the possibility of the transformation of this system to modern Chinese architecture. From 1949 to 1959, he was deeply involved in the political movement of New China. In order to keep up with the situation, he frequently engaged in self-denial and transformation, and sometimes directed criticism at his peers. His thought process is full of sharp twists, breaks and switches, and finally completely lost. The system of "Chinese architecture" he built also fell apart under the impact of arbitrary political currents.

This book traces Liang Sicheng's spiritual journey with a large number of new historical materials, and explores the complex relationship between the development of modern and contemporary Chinese architecture, regime change and political movements. That history is far from over: the arbitrary architecture resulting from the arbitrary politics still dominates the spatial landscape of China today.

About the author

Zhu Tao is an assistant professor of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong and a PhD candidate in architectural History and Theory at Columbia University in New York. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture from Chongqing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture in 1990, his Master of Architecture from Columbia University in New York in 2001, and his Master of Philosophy in Architectural History and Theory from Columbia University in 2007. In addition to his architectural practice, he also extensively discusses contemporary Chinese architecture and urban issues through his writing.

In 2010, the "China Architectural Media Award", jointly organized by Southern Metropolis Daily and eight Chinese architectural media, awarded Zhu Tao the "Architectural Criticism Award" for the first time, in recognition of his writing in the past ten years and his outstanding achievements in the professional interpretation of architecture, the social care of space and historical reflection.

His recent works include, and 19 international architectural scholars first world contemporary architecture history with the purpose of writing the history of the contemporary architecture: a critical 1960-2010 "(ACriticalHistoryofContemporaryArchitecture: 1960-2010), to be published by Ashgate London in March 2014.