The features of a city are its As a factor most reflecting the times, society and nation,the buildings give overall and integrated expression to the national tradition, regional features spirit of the times and the social When you walk along the financial street of the Bund and the commercial street of East Nanjing Road and among the villas and gardens of Xujiahui, you can feel the history of prosperity of S In the past 150 years since its opening in 1843, Shanghai has gradually developed into an international metropolis as well as an important economic, trade financial and cul-tural center of C The special development op-portunities have made the western culture, local Shanghai culture and regional cultures of China collide, co-exist and become integrated and thus make Shanghai integrate the essence of the Chinese and Foreign In this way, Shanghai has become the place of origin for the modern Chinese con-struction culture and has a unique history of con-struction The modern buildings of Shanghai are rich in styles, almost covering those of almost all the periods of the world construction It can be said that they constitute a living world construction You can see the new classicism buildings, Gothic building and compromise buildings, to the modernism buildings popular in Europe and America, decoration and art buildings and the new classicism Chinese The number of the styles, the complexity of the types and the grand scale of those builds are beyond match in this They give a comprehensive reflection of the evolution of the modern society and cities and also provide a key to learn the culture of Shanghai and the history of modern C Those old buildings have seen the changes of Shanghai and are bestowed with the prosperity of S At this age, when China is embracing a new round of great economic development and the new concepts and ideas will bring Shanghai to an even brighter future, those old buildings will be bestowed with new Who will wake them up, wash away the dust, make them become stronger and make them stay young and beautiful? It is We will devote all our enthusiasm and wisdom to accomplish this 漫步街头,寻找城市的足迹,最显而易见的是城市的建筑。建筑是文化领域中最具有时代性、社会性和民族性的因素,整体而又集中地体现了民族传统、地域特性、时代精神和社会的价值取向。徜徉外滩金融街。南京东路商业街、徐汇区的花园别墅群间,看到的是上海兴盛的历史。自1843年开埠以后,上海在150年中,逐渐发展成为一个国际化的大都市,成为中国重要的经济中心、贸易中心、金融中心和文化中心。特殊的发展际遇,使西方文化、上海本地文化和中国不同地域文化在此相互间冲撞、并存,融合,糅合了古今中外文化的精粹,令上海成为中国现代建筑文化的策源地,拥有独特的建筑文化历史。 上海的近代建筑有着十分丰富的内涵,在近百年的建筑中,几乎囊括了世界建筑各个时期的各种风格,简直就是一部活生生的世界建筑史。从新古典主义,哥特复兴式、折衷主义到盛行欧美的现代主义建筑、装饰艺术派建筑。复兴中国传统建筑艺术的中国新古典建筑等,各种风格数量之多、种类之繁杂、规模之宏大在世界上也是罕见的。它综合反映了近代社会和城市演变的历程,是解读上海文化、研究近代中国的一把钥匙。 这些历尽世事的老房子是上海的精神所系,她们目睹上海的变迁,承载着城市的繁华旖梦。现在,又一次的经济发展席卷中国大地,冲击一切的新观念、新思想,又一次飞速地推动着城市向新的未来发展,这些老房子必将被赋予新的意义。由谁来惊醒她们,由谁来为她们洗去尘埃,由谁来令她们的身肢更为矫健,令岁月流逝不再是遗憾——是我们,我们愿意为此付出我们的热情和智慧。