杨廷宝和路易斯·康是两位在不同文化环境中成长、执业的建筑师。他们的人生历程折射出中西建筑文化的不同内涵,他们的成功显示出文化素养对于建筑师的重要作用。建筑师应该由“艺术家”转变为“文化人”,开阔认识建筑的新视野。

T. P. Yang and Louis Kahn were the architects grew and worked in the different cultural condition. Their life experiences reflect the different culture of architecture between Chinese and Western. Their successes show that the culture literacy is important to the architect. The architect should change from artist to intellectuals wide the new visual field of architecture.