基泰工程司(下):“稳定”、“转折”、“战时”与“战后”的阶段(1930—1949),及“分路”后(1949—)

KWAN, CHU AND YANG(Ⅱ): YEARS OF TURMOIL

分工明确、赴美监造、起草与审查 由于杨廷宝（1927年）的加入,＂基泰工程司＂分工更加明确,杨廷宝成为主要设计手,朱彬则放更多心思在经营及财务管理方面,关颂声就主跑业务。而监造是关颂声的强项,他曾有过经验（北平协和医学院一期监造）,于1927年赴美国洛杉矶监造＂世界博览会中国馆＂个把月。隔年回国,参加全国大学＂工学院分系科目表”的起草与审查，当时南京国民政府颁布《大学组织法》和《大学规程》，组织人员对全国大学课程进行整顿，梁思成、刘福泰等高校建筑系系主任都参加“工学院分系科目表”的起草和审查工作。

Kwan, Chu and Yang Architects operated in China for a little over thirty years. In the second part of his history of early modern China's largest architectural and engineering fi rms, Huang Yuanzhao describes the fi rm's national expansion--fi rst into Manchuria and northern China, and then southward into Nanjing and Shanghai--and concludes in 1949, when one of the partners, Zhu Bin went to Hong Kong and the other two, Yang Tingbao and Yang Guanlin decided to remain in China. The fi rm thrived because it adjusted to constantly changing social, economic, and political conditions. It redefi ned its clientale three times(1931, 1937, 1945) and restructured after two splts(1937, 1949). Indeed, Huang Yuanzhao observes that fi rm's architectural success and were as much a result of the partners' ability to navigate years of turmoil, as they were a product of technical excellence and aesthetic innovations.