Qhov khoom plig tau mob siab rau qee qhov teeb meem tsis zoo sib tham txog kev tsim vaj tsev: "ua haujlwm" ntawm lub tsev tom qab lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb tau dhau mus tom qab nws tsim kho (qhov no, lub sijhawm 25-35 xyoo yog xam). Puas yog tam sim no ua tau raws li qhov qub (thiab tseem hloov) cov haujlwm ua haujlwm? Nws sib cuam tshuam li cas los ntawm nws txoj kev daws teeb meem ntawm qhov pom niaj hnub no? Nws puas haum qhov program? Qhov no feem ntau tau nco txog qhov muaj txiaj ntsig ntawm kev tshaj xov xwm (piv txwv li, ob peb xyoos dhau los thawj cov tuam tsev-cov tub luam ntawm British Sterling Prize tau raug tshuaj xyuas, cov ntawv ceeb toom ntawm cov teeb meem uas tau tshwm sim muaj txij li qhov khoom plig ntawm qhov khoom plig ua rau muaj kev sib cav sib ceg hauv lub tsev kawm ntawv qhov chaw ib cheeb tsam).
Qhov khoom plig AIA tab tom nrhiav rau cov tsev uas teb cov lus nug no hauv cov lus lees paub, qhov tseeb tias qhov zoo tshaj "cov tsev zoo" los ntawm qhov pom ntawm architecture yog tsis raug zam. Qhov "25 Xyoo Award" tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1969, thaum postmodernism nkag mus rau qhov xwm txheej, tab sis txawm tias qhov no, ntawm thawj lub tsev nws tau sau tseg yog cov tswv ntawm "classical" modernism, cov tshuaj tiv thaiv uas thaum ntawd tau muaj zog tshwj xeeb - Lever House SOM, " Tsev iav »Philip Johnson, ua los ntawm Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, F. L. Wright thiab Hero Saarinen. Ntau caum xyoo dhau los, ib qho tom qab dhau los, kev ua haujlwm ntawm Louis Kahn tau muaj nyob rau hauv daim ntawv teev npe ntawm cov npe laureates.
Tam sim no nws yog qhov tig ntawm kev tsim kho ntawm Henry Cobb, uas ua haujlwm hauv Bureau of J. M. Pei (tam sim no hu ua "Pei Cobb Freed"). Lub tuam tsev ntawm Boston kev tuav pov hwm lub tuam txhab John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance, uas nws cov phiaj xwm tau pib mus txog rau xyoo 1960, yuav tsum tau tshaj 228 meter tus tuam tsev ntawm tus neeg sib tw - Kev Pov Hwm Pov Hwm. Rau nws, qhov chaw muaj koob npe tshaj plaws raug xaiv - Copley Square nyob hauv keeb kwm nruab nrab ntawm Boston (uas hnub no yuav luag tsis tau), tom ntej ntawm Trinity Lub Koom Txoos ntawm "tus tsim" ntawm tus neo-Romanesque style, H. H. Richardson. Xws li lub luag haujlwm hauv zej zog yuam kom Cobb tshem tag nrho cov lus qhia ntawm lub faadeade txog rau cov neeg nyob sab nrauv thiab kaw lub tsev los saum toj mus rau hauv qab nrog cov iav tsom iav uas muaj kev cuam tshuam saum ntuj thiab lub tsev nyob ib puag ncig thiab yog li ua rau 60-storey (240 m; tag nrho cheeb tsam 185) 806 m2) skyscraper. Lub hom phiaj no tau ua kom yooj yim los ntawm rhomboidal txoj kev npaj ntawm lub tsev, ntsib lub koom txoos nrog lub nqaim.
Yog lawm, lub tsev ntawm xws li qhov ntev yog qhov nyuaj zais, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog vim John Hancock Tower tseem tsis yog tsuas yog qhov chaw siab tshaj hauv Boston, tab sis thoob plaws hauv New England. Nws txhais lub nroog ntawm thaj chaw tsis muaj kev ua txhaum, txawm li cas los xij, nws cov duab keeb kwm - tsawg kawg ntawm qhov chaw tiaj (qhov no tseem ceeb tshwj xeeb).
Tsis ntev tom qab ua tiav, skyscraper tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm AIA thiab tseem tau txais cov lus qhuas thiab khoom plig txog niaj hnub no: cov kev cuam tshuam los ntawm kev tsim qauv kev cais tawm tau muab nws ua ib qhov zoo tshaj plaws cov tsev siab tshaj plaws ntawm ntu thib ib nrab ntawm xyoo pua 20th, thiab tsis ntev los no nws tau txais LEED. kub peev txheej txuag daim ntawv pov thawj: lub hauv paus rau qhov no tsis yog kev tsim kho tshiab tam sim no xwb, tab sis kuj tseem muaj cov yam ntxwv xub thawj tseg (piv txwv, siv dav ntawm cov teeb pom kev zoo ib txwm).
