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A Survey of Chinese Architectural Styles & Structures . with commentary on the religious, economic and political institutions that built them. Fulbright-Hays Curriculum Project China-2011 Mr. Paul Brissette Architecture instructor Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
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A Survey of Chinese Architectural Styles & Structures with commentary on the religious, economic and political institutions that built them. Fulbright-Hays Curriculum Project China-2011 Mr. Paul Brissette Architecture instructor Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School
Chinese architectural elements Family hutong Imperial palace
Hierachical Enclosure
Bilateral Symmetry Horizontal Emphasis
Waring states / Walled Cities Warring states Beijing city wall Xi’an city wall and moat today
Qin Dynasty Qin Shi Huaing The Great Wall of China
Religious influences Eight sided Taoist Temple Xian Daxingshan Buddhist Temple Xian A very Chinese looking Muslum Mosque, Xian Chinese Christian Church
Pagodas This is the earliest style of Chinese Pagoda Wild Goose Pagoda X’ian Liaodi Pagoda Lingxiao Pagoda
20th Century InfluencesBritish /French The Bund The French Consession
Russian /Communist influence Shikumen house
Modern Shanghai Shanghai tower World Financial Center Jin Mao Tower
Modern Beijing Beijing Airport National Grand Theater The Bird Cage CC-TV
Modern Residential China The Linked Hybrid community housing development
Green China Moon Island World’s largest solar building Urban Forrest Shanghai Tower
Trains & Bridges Shanghai maglev train Lhasa express Donghai Bridge Lu Pu bridge Yangpu Bridge
Future Architecture REN Building Shanghai Model of the future Shanghai Wuhan Greenland Center World’s tallest green building Songjaing Hotel Shanghai