国际建筑师协会中的第三组国家(南美和北美),在人民、思想潮流和文化方面存在着相当大的差别,这种差别显然影响着这一地区国家的建筑师、建筑设计和建筑实践。因此本文准备仅就我较为熟悉的北美国家,特别是美国的建筑问题进行讨论。对美国的历史作简略的回顾,可以使我们对目前这场建筑实践的变革有更加深入的了解早在十九世纪初期,我们这块大陆上大约只有两百万人,听以当时的交通运输和建设问题实际上并不存在,只需要建一些简易的屋舍。我们经历了近两百年的发展,对广博而又有限的资源经历了近两百年的消耗今天,美 The third group of countries in the International Association of Architects (South America and North America) has considerable differences in people, ideological trends, and culture. This difference clearly affects the architects, architectural design, and architectural practices of the countries in the region. . Therefore, this article is prepared to discuss only the architectural issues in North America countries that I am more familiar with, especially in the United States. A brief review of the history of the United States will enable us to have a deeper understanding of the changes in the current construction practice. As early as the early 19th century, there were only about two million people on our continent, listening to the then-transportation. The problem of construction and construction does not really exist. It is only necessary to build some simple houses. We have experienced nearly two hundred years of development, and have spent nearly two hundred years on extensive and limited resources. Today, the United States