From the viewpoint of a client

Collaboration between choreographers and architects still usually takes the traditional form of the latter designing sets for the former, while research on the relationship between architecture and dance is scant. One of the few examples of a choreographer working with then-current architectural concerns is William Forsythe and the Ballett Frankfurt in the late 1980s, particularly in Enemy in the Figure (1989) and Limb's Theorem (1990). These pieces show a profound understanding of and engagement with architectural issues then being addressed by Daniel Libeskind. Forsythe's interest in Libeskind was not his ‘deconstruction’, as has often been asserted, but in his operations on drawing. Their coincidence of intellectual interests and resulting friendship allows us to see clearly how concerns in architecture were also explored through the medium of ballet. It is a reminder too of a period, postmodernism, when architecture led theoretical discussions.     

从园林艺术谈中国传统建筑的美学观

中国园林的艺术成就在传统建筑中占有重要的地位。它被誉为世界园林之母，得益于在美学上的特殊艺术追求。为此着重从崇尚自然、追求意境两方面分析了中国园林的美学观，以求了解古代造园家的创作思想及艺术手法。     

The ecology movement: a viewpoint

In the wake of a nation‐wide movement to save the environment in 1969, the President of the United States declared that “the 1970's must be the years when America pays its debt to our living environment. It is literally now or never.” This paper is an analysis of environmental politics as a political force today. The discussion traces the emergence of the environmental issue, examines trends in American politics, and concludes that a reassessment of the problem by the ecology movement is necessary.     

Applying the dynamic capabilities framework in the case of a large public construction client

Public clients in the construction sector face a number of challenges in designing, procuring and managing major construction projects. The client’s role in bringing about project delivery has more recently been emphasized, particularly with respect to developing capabilities that facilitate the coordinating of projects through its different phases. In line with these developments, this paper sets out to examine the management of capabilities in a client organization through the lens of the dynamic capabilities framework. In particular, what is investigated is how the client organization senses, seizes and transforms opportunities. In pursuit of this objective, an exploratory case study approach is adopted which examines one of Sweden’s largest public client organizations. The study explores the concept of dynamic capabilities and its applicability to the public construction context. Although the usefulness of dynamic capabilities as an interpretive framework is recognized, it is suggested that the concept of dynamic capabilities is inadequate for addressing the specific context in which public client organizations operate. Particularly with respect to the project-based characteristic of these organizations and the difficulty in framing what constitutes “competitive advantage” for public organizations.     

Project cash forecasting in the client organization

Project cash forcasting is a major problem faced by client organizations, due largely to inaccurate project estimates at the outset. Inadequate project definition and risk analysis at the approval stage and, in some cases, a tendency of the project manager to overestimate are major contributors to the inaccuracy of project estimates. In addition, some organizations expect project managers to develop project-approval estimates to within 10% accuracy, having completed less than 5% of the total project design. The reasons for failure of project cash forecasting are discussed, and the need for developing a forecasting strategy is established. Some solutions to the problems are suggested.     

Stability and sustainability of modern chemical farming: a viewpoint

It is demonstrated that modern farming techniques, based on a short‐run, profit maximizing economic approach, using an array of artificial fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides, is dynamically unstable and unsustainable. The result is the erosion of top soil which can't be regenerated, substituted for or recycled once lost, since its development over geological time required hundreds of thousands of years.     

从一个产业组织的视角看平板玻璃工业的竞争战略

改革开放以来,我国的平板玻璃工业得到了较快的发展,自从1989年开始,产量始终位居世界第一.但我国的平板玻璃工业只具有数量上的优势,在产品质量、企业规模、技术水平方面与国外大公司相比还存在较大差距.我国已加入WTO,未来的竞争将更加激烈,如何提高我国平板玻璃工业的整体竞争力,就显得尤为重要.本文以产业组织理论中哈佛学派的SCP范式为基本分析框架,对我国玻璃工业的市场结构、市场行为、市场绩效进行分析,并在此基础上提出了我国平板玻璃行业发展的竞争战略.     

从节能的角度探讨建筑设计

主要以节能建筑的被动式设计为理论依据,从节能的角度出发,将建筑设计与节能设计相结合,通过建筑规划设计,外围护结构设计对居住建筑的节能设计进行分析和探讨,从而提高建筑物节能效果。