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A History of British Architecture with Simon Jenkins and Rory Stewart

2025/1/19
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Simon Jenkins: 我认为英国和意大利城市建筑风格差异的主要原因在于经济发展水平的差异。在英国大规模破坏和重建城市的过程中,意大利相对贫困,因此没有进行大规模的城市改造,保留了更多历史建筑。此外,我认为意大利人比英国人拥有更高的审美标准,这解释了为什么意大利在快速经济增长和腐败的情况下,没有像英国那样破坏历史建筑。我最喜欢的英国建筑包括教堂和乔治王朝时期的城市建筑,它们体现了英国建筑的独特魅力。然而,英国城市也经历了破坏和重建,例如纽卡斯尔市长丹·史密斯拆除了一整排建筑,违背了重建承诺,将建筑材料扔进河里,这反映了英国城市保护的失败。伦敦大火后,克里斯托弗·雷恩未能实现其对伦敦的城市规划,因为伦敦市议员优先考虑快速重建,而不是雷恩的宏伟计划。伦敦市中世纪的街道格局是其保存至今的特色,即使现代摩天大楼的建设也必须尊重这一格局。战后,英国的现代主义建筑师们,尽管拥有很高的声望和影响力,却创造出了丑陋、劣质且不适宜居住的建筑。这与其他欧洲国家不同,战后英国对城市的重建并非为了恢复其原貌,而是为了创造一个全新的现代化城市,这导致了城市景观的破坏。战后英国缺乏对自身传统的重视,这导致了对历史建筑的破坏和现代主义建筑的兴起。大型建筑往往受到建筑师、开发商和政府官员的青睐,因为他们认为大型建筑更重要,但这往往导致了建筑质量和审美方面的下降。英国未来十年住房建设应该吸取历史教训,避免重复战后现代主义建筑的错误。英国目前的建筑风格是过去风格的延续,开发商根据市场需求建造,而非建筑师的审美。人们更喜欢传统的建筑风格,这体现在高端和中低端市场对传统建筑的需求上。 Rory Stewart: 与Simon Jenkins的讨论中,我主要关注的是英国战后城市规划的失败以及现代主义建筑对城市景观的负面影响。我们探讨了为什么英国在战后选择拆除大量旧建筑,而其他国家则选择重建。我们还讨论了现代主义建筑师们在缺乏审美和实用性考虑的情况下,建造了大量丑陋且不适宜居住的建筑。此外,我们还探讨了英国文化和心理因素对战后建筑风格的影响,以及如何避免重蹈覆辙。

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How has modern architecture transformed our cities — and is it for the better? In this episode, bestselling historian Simon Jenkins and co-host of the Rest is Politics** Rory Stewart **explore the rise of modernist planning and its impact on Britain’s architectural heritage. Jenkins walks us through Britain’s rich architectural history, from Stonehenge to the Shard, while offering a critique of the changes brought by 20th-century urban development. Drawing on Jenkins’ new book *A Short History of British Architecture: From Stonehenge to the Shard, *Jenkins and Stewart explore the tension between preserving heritage and embracing progress, revealing how architecture shapes both our cities and our sense of national identity.


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