Traditional Chinese Lowrises - Page 3

***hkskyline*** · September 17th, 2010, 01:28 PM

Source : http://www.pbase.com/stephen_leung/

Jacques_Ven · September 17th, 2010, 02:26 PM

Traditional Chinese architecture look so mistique.

***hkskyline*** · November 29th, 2010, 02:02 PM

By altosax from dchome :

image hosted on flickr

image hosted on flickr

***hkskyline*** · January 23rd, 2011, 04:51 PM

By ahwong from a Hong Kong photography forum :

***hkskyline*** · January 25th, 2011, 01:21 PM

Source : http://www.photofans.cn/album/showal...0170&year=2010

***hkskyline*** · March 19th, 2011, 04:58 AM

***hkskyline*** · April 16th, 2011, 06:38 PM

Source : http://www.fotop.net/gomangary/Kaiping

***hkskyline*** · May 11th, 2011, 04:22 PM

By 疏影006 from a Chinese photography forum :

***hkskyline*** · May 24th, 2011, 04:09 PM

By 情缘 from a Chinese photography forum :

joshsam · May 24th, 2011, 06:28 PM

Very nice pictures!
Love those castle like houses...

Odoaker · May 24th, 2011, 06:47 PM

Those tower-house look quite western...

wc eend · May 26th, 2011, 12:34 PM

Great architecture. But more information about the location would be very helpful.

UncleScrooge · May 26th, 2011, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hkskyline

Source : http://www.pbase.com/hltam/kaipingsketch

This is really a nice picture. Fine dystropian touch to it.

***hkskyline*** · May 27th, 2011, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wc eend

Great architecture. But more information about the location would be very helpful.

Thanks for the comment. I'll add the location for future posts. If you would like to know the location of a particular prior post, please let me know.

the spliff fairy · May 28th, 2011, 06:14 PM

some of those buildings look Western as they were built by welathy Chinese merchants returning from abroad, and developed imported styles ('showing off' their worldiness), notably off Portuguese trade routes, which they amalgamated with local Chinese vernacular. It's also known as 'Chinese baroque'. Those villages and fort-houses are now UNESCO World Heritage sites.

A similar example in theory are the Shanghai shikumen housing from the 1900-1920s, an amalgamation of British (brick, rowhomes) and Eastern styles (sloping roofs, courtyards, shuttered windows):

art deco versions from the 1930s

Required · May 28th, 2011, 07:02 PM

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What are these decorations made from, anyone know? They must need to be sturdy in order to withstand weathering

***hkskyline*** · May 30th, 2011, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Required

What are these decorations made from, anyone know? They must need to be sturdy in order to withstand weathering

Should be a wood carving, which is quite sturdy and can withstand the elements with the proper re-paint every now and then. Have never seen them snap off from the forces of nature though. These ornaments are quite huge actually.

***hkskyline*** · August 5th, 2011, 07:49 PM

Kaiping, Guangdong
By 敢都得 from a Chinese photography forum :

balthazar · August 5th, 2011, 08:05 PM

GREAT thread...

***hkskyline*** · September 5th, 2011, 10:02 AM

寿县古城, Anhui
By 大陆 from a Chinese photography forum :

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the spliff fairy ONE WORLD Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: london Posts: 7,170 Likes (Received): 247	some of those buildings look Western as they were built by welathy Chinese merchants returning from abroad, and developed imported styles ('showing off' their worldiness), notably off Portuguese trade routes, which they amalgamated with local Chinese vernacular. It's also known as 'Chinese baroque'. Those villages and fort-houses are now UNESCO World Heritage sites. A similar example in theory are the Shanghai shikumen housing from the 1900-1920s, an amalgamation of British (brick, rowhomes) and Eastern styles (sloping roofs, courtyards, shuttered windows): art deco versions from the 1930s

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