作为清末最后一任两广总督张鸣岐的儿子,张镈曾把父亲“家有良田千顷,不如薄技在身”的感叹牢记于心,选择了被兄长称为无需依附于人及政治的建筑师职业。 新中国成立后,他从海外归来。他所主持的几项重大设计,偏偏皆与政治相关。在向国庆十周年献礼的“十大建筑”中,有三项由他担任总设计师。其中最著名的,就是可称为国家第一号政治性建筑的人民大会堂。 更让他始料不及的,是在“文化大革命”期间,刚刚获得“解放”的张镈,受命主持北京饭店新东楼的建造,随即被牵扯进涉及中南海安危的政治漩涡之中。周恩来不得不置身其中,参与每一个细节处理的商议、拍板…… As the son of Zhang Mingqi, the last governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi in the late Qing Dynasty, Zhang Xiong once dwelt on his father’s lament of “having a well-to-do farm but not a thin one.” He chose her job as an architect without being attached to people and politics by his elder brother. After the founding of New China, he returned from overseas. He presided over several major design, but all are politically related. Among the “Top Ten” buildings offering their 10th anniversary, three are chief architects. One of the most famous is the Great Hall of the People, which can be described as the country’s number one political building. Even more unexpected is that during the “Cultural Revolution”, Zhang Jian, who had just been “liberated,” was ordered to preside over the construction of the Beijing Xindian Hotel and was immediately involved in the political turmoil that involved the safety of Zhongnanhai. Zhou Enlai had to get involved in every detail deal with the deliberations, clap ...