编辑同志:最近常在建筑学专业文章中读到“现代建筑”这个词,从不同的文章中反映的概念来看,这个词有两种不同的含意。一个是广义的,系指当代建筑;另一个是狭义的,系指半个世纪前兴起的现代主义建筑。从字面上看,无法区别二者之不同。因此读起来较吃力,也颇感这个词汇不够准确。在国际上,从建筑学界的文章和交谈中,可以明显地区分开这两种含意.Contemporary Architecture 是广意的,意指当代建筑。而 Modern Editorial comrades: The term “modern architecture” has recently been read in the architectural professional articles. From the concept reflected in different articles, the term has two different meanings. One is broad meaning refers to contemporary architecture; the other is narrow meaning refers to the rise of modernism architecture half a century ago. Literally, it is impossible to distinguish between the two. Therefore, it is more difficult to read, and it is quite a sense that this vocabulary is not accurate enough. In the international community, these two implications can be clearly separated from the articles and conversations of the architects. The Contemporary Architecture is widely used to refer to contemporary architecture. And Modern