《新建筑》这样的刊物我觉得是很需要的。这些年,我走的城市和农村越多,就越感到我国建筑设计的落后。千篇一律的、又是设计得不那么好的建筑物,使得我们的城市和乡村不能给人们以一种美的享受。有时甚至使人感到它们相当丑陋。这当然同那许多年错误的指导思想分不开的。同时我们的建筑设计师是用不着对社会公众负责的,因为谁也不知道设计师是谁。据说这是为了设计师可以不至于被批评为借修筑房屋而为自己“树碑立传”。这种状况,是从事 I think it is very necessary for such a publication as “New Construction.” Over the years, the more cities and rural areas I walked in, the more I felt the backwardness of our country’s architectural design. The same buildings that are not so well designed make our cities and villages unable to give people a beautiful enjoyment. Sometimes people even feel that they are pretty ugly. This, of course, is inseparable from the wrong guiding ideology for many years. At the same time, our architects are not responsible to the public because nobody knows who the designers are. It is said that this is because the designer can not be criticized for building a house and “establishing a biography” for himself. This situation is engaged in