architecture中等

Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods — paintings, sculpture and architecture — and superfluous experiences — music, literature, religion and philosophy.

人类的独特之处在于，他们不仅能制造工具，还能转而利用工具创造出非生存必需的物质产品——绘画、雕塑和建筑——以及非生存必需的体验——音乐、文学、宗教和哲学。

The phrase “less is more” was actually first popularized by a German, the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, who like other people associated with the Bauhaus, a school of design, emigrated to the United States before World War Ⅱ and took up posts at American architecture schools.

“少即是多”这一说法实际上最早是由德国建筑师路德维希·密斯·凡·德·罗推广开来的；他和其他与包豪斯设计学院有关的人一样，在二战前移居美国，并在美国的建筑院校任职。

These designers came to exert enormous influence on the course of American architecture, but none more so than Mies.

这些设计师对美国建筑的发展进程产生了巨大的影响，但其中谁的影响都比不上密斯。

The “Case Study Houses” commissioned from talented modern architects by California Arts & Architecture magazine between 1945 and 1962 were yet another homegrown influence on the “less is more” trend.

1945年至1962年间，加利福尼亚《艺术与建筑》杂志委托有才华的现代建筑师设计的“案例研究住宅”，是影响“少即是多”潮流的又一本土因素。

It had a great influence upon American architecture.

它对美国建筑产生了巨大影响。

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) commands a unique position in both the national history and the architectural heritage of the United States. Designed by Supervising Architect of the Treasury, Alfred B. Mullett, it was built from 1871 to 1888 to house the growing staffs of the State, War, and Navy Departments, and is considered one of the best examples of French Second Empire architecture in the country.

艾森豪威尔行政办公大楼（EEOB）在美国的国家历史和建筑遗产中都占据着独特的地位。它由财政部监督建筑师阿尔弗雷德·B·马利特设计，于1871年至1888年间建造，用以容纳国务院、陆军部和海军部日益增多的工作人员，被认为是美国法国第二帝国风格建筑的最佳范例之一。