本书为满足高等院校建筑学与城市规划专业的专业英语教学之需要而编写。取材范围,内容深浅,项目设置,均按**教委颁发的《大学英语专业阅读阶段教学基本要求》设设定。在满足教学大纲要求的前提下,尽量选取用新颖而趣味性强的内容,以开扩读者的眼界并增加对学习的兴趣,由于注释详细并有参考译,也可供相关专业人员自学专业英语之用。

UNIT ONE
Text Architecture
Reading Material A The Study of Architecture
Reading Material B Modern Education of the Architecture
UNIT TWO
Text Housing
Reading Material A Early Housing
Reading Material B Recent Trends of Housing
UNIT THREE
Text The Language of Architecture
Reading Material A The Language of Architecture
Reading Material B The Language of Architecture
UNIT FOUR
Text The Financial Setup
Reading Material A The Financial Setup
Reading Material B The Financial Setup
UNIT FIVE
Text The Domain of Urban Design
Reading Material A City Country Fingers
Reading Material B City Planning
UNIT SIX
Text Shoping Center
Reaing Material A Web of Shopping
Reaing Material B Green Streets
UNIT SEVEN
Text Lighting
Reading Material A Pools of Lihgt
Reading Material B Acoustics
UNIT NINE
Text The Evolution of Cluster Housing
Reading Material A House Cluster
Reading Material B Low—rise,Medium—density Cluster Housing
UNIT TEN
Text Where do We Go from Here——Ar6hitecturally
Reading Material A Structural Systems for Multi—use High—rise Buildings
Reading Material B Four—story Limit
UNIT ELEVEN
Text Tall Building
Reading Material A Design Criteria of Tall Building
Reading Material B Stiffness and Drift Limitation
UNIT TWELVE
Text Parking
Reading Material A Nine Percent Parking
Reading Material B Shielded Parking
UNIT THIRTEEN
Text Ornament
Reading Material A Architecture iS the Ornament of Human Environment
Reading Material B The Function of Ornament
UNIT FOURTEEN
Text The Development of a Low—rise Urban Housing Alternative
Reading Material A—Magic of the City
Reading Material B Activity Nodes
UNIT FIFTEEN
Text The Architecture of Hospital Breaking the Paradigm
Reading Material A Theater
Reading Material B Holy Ground
UNIT SIXTEEN
Text The Practice of Architecture(I)
Reading Material A The Practice of Architecture(Ⅱ)
Reading Material B The Futural Practice of Architecture
AppendixⅠ Glossary
AppendixⅡ Translation for Reference
AppendixⅢ Key tO Exercises