作为个案研究,本文着眼于这样一个现象:一幢理应沦于平庸的建筑,即建于20世纪80年代的Associates中心大楼,是如何在特别的历史与地理情境里出人意表地成为芝加哥市的地标的?显然,技术的,或“纯粹”建筑的考量并非我们的答案,传统的风格史研究对这个年代晚近的,看似偶然的个案也无能为力。通过细致地梳理历史,作者希望对于“文脉”的探究,不是重复大而无当的索引符号的游戏,而是成为通往更为细致深入的建筑社会学研究的路标。 As a case study, this article looks at the phenomenon: a building that deserves to be mediocre, that is, the Associations Center Building built in the 1980s. How did it unexpectedly become a Chicago city in a special historical and geographical context? Landmarks? Obviously, technical, or “pure” architectural considerations are not our answers. The study of traditional style history has nothing to do with the seemingly accidental case of this age. Through a careful review of history, the author hopes that the exploration of “textuality” is not a game of repeating large and improper index symbols, but rather serves as a roadmap to more detailed and in-depth studies of architectural sociology.