偽豪宅

屹立於美國維珍尼亞州市郊的一系列麥豪宅

偽豪宅相對於真正的豪宅是以廉價建材和手工大量建造再以高價銷售的住宅，其內外的裝潢都被設計師和媒體批評為庸俗浮誇，甚至違反實用和審美將不搭調的建築元素東拼西湊[1]。

美國

在美國，用來標籤偽豪宅的時髦名詞「McMansion」（麥豪宅）始見於1980年代媒體以形容市郊住宅區那些佔地龐大的低俗大宅[2]，其後迅速被主流媒體如洛杉磯時報[3][4]和紐約時報[5]借用。這個新詞相信是結合了連鎖快餐廳麥當勞各餐的開頭「Mc（麥）」和「Mansion（宅邸）」以諷刺這些住宅的質素如同快餐般低廉[6]。

香港

在香港，偽豪宅亦指那些為了鑽建築條例漏洞卻違反實用原則設計、或面積極為細小卻包裝成豪宅推銷的住宅，這類圖則（平面圖）被香港媒體戲稱為「奇則」，取廣東話「奇蹟」的諧音。

參考資料

1. McMansion Hell Around the World: Where and Why Do We Build McMansions. McMansion Hell. Tumblr. 2017-01-24 [2017-07-01]. （原始内容存档于2019-04-15）. 
2. An example from Braces, gym suits, and early-morning seminary: a youthquake survival manual (1985) by Joni Winn [Hilton]: "The McMansion, by the way, is really just the largest house in the neighborhood"
3. Book Review: Search for Environmental View of Design, Review of 'Out of Place: Restoring Identity to the Regional Landscape', by Michael Hough Yale University Press. Los Angeles Times, July 17, 1990. "What character their history and ecology might offer is being strip-mined to make way for anonymous residential projects, monolithic office towers, climate-controlled retail complexes of questionable design and awkward transportation systems—all in the abused name of progress. We are talking here of the march of mini-malls and 'McMansions.'"
4. Interiors; Getting Smart About Art of Living Small. Los Angeles Times, September 19, 1998. "The size of the average new single-family home has gone from 1,520平方英尺（141平方米） in 1971 to 2,120平方英尺（197平方米） in 1996, according to '1998 Housing Facts, Figures and Trends,' published by the National Assn. of Home Builders. 'But not everyone is living in a McMansion or aspires to it," said Gale Steves, editor of Home Magazine". "Every time we do a small house in the magazine, there is lots of mail."
5. Cheever, Benjamin - Close to home; Life in a Crater Will Do, For Now. New York Times, August 27, 1998. "Twenty mansions were planned for the development, each designed to look like the biggest house in town. The McMansion we thought of as ours had an enormous kitchen, more than two stories high."
6. McFedries, Paul. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins. Alpha Books. 2008: 99. ISBN 978-1-59257-781-1. 

外部链接

• 《麦豪宅地狱 （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）》，一个以幽默语气评论麦豪宅的网站