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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 ProjectChina-2011
Mr. Paul BrissetteArchitecture instructor
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School
Chinese architectural elements
Family hutong Imperial palace
Enclosure Hierachical
Bilateral Symmetry
Horizontal Emphasis
Chinese roofs and dougong brackets
Ornamentation
Chinese gardens
Historic Chinese Architectural Structures
Early Dynasties
Waring states / Walled Cities
Beijing city wallWarring states
Xi’an city wall and moat today
Qin Dynasty
Qin Shi Huaing The Great Wall of China
The Grand Canal
A very Chinese looking Muslum Mosque, Xian
Daxingshan Buddhist Temple Xian
Chinese Christian Church
Eight sided Taoist Temple Xian
Religious influences
This is the earliest style of Chinese Pagoda
Wild Goose Pagoda X’ian
Pagodas
Liaodi Pagoda Lingxiao Pagoda
Forbbiden City
Temple of Heaven
20th Century Influences
British /French
The French Consession
The Bund
Russian /Communist influence
Shikumen house
Modern Chinese architecture
Shanghai tower Jin Mao TowerWorld Financial Center
Modern Shanghai
Modern Beijing
National Grand TheaterBeijing Airport
CC-TVThe Bird Cage
Three Gorges Dam
South-North water transfer project
Modern Residential China
The Linked Hybrid community housing development
Green China
Moon Island
Urban Forrest
World’s largest solar building
Shanghai Tower
Lu Pu bridge
Lhasa expressShanghai maglev train
Donghai Bridge Yangpu Bridge
Trains & Bridges
Future Architecture
REN Building Shanghai
Songjaing Hotel ShanghaiWuhan Greenland Center
World’s tallest green building
Model of the future Shanghai
The Superstar Concept
