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
Enclosure
Hierachical
Bilateral Symmetry
Horizontal Emphasis
Chinese roofs and dougong brackets
Ornamentation
Chinese gardens
Historic Chinese Architectural Structures
Early Dynasties
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
The Grand Canal
Religious influences
Daxingshan Buddhist Temple Xian
Eight sided Taoist Temple Xian
A very Chinese looking Muslum Mosque, Xian
Chinese Christian Church
Pagodas
This is the earliest style of Chinese
Pagoda
Liaodi Pagoda
Wild Goose Pagoda X’ian
Lingxiao Pagoda
Forbbiden City
Temple of Heaven
20th Century Influences
British /French
The Bund
The French Consession
Russian /Communist influence
Shikumen house
Modern Chinese architecture
Modern Shanghai
Shanghai tower
World Financial Center
Jin Mao Tower
Modern Beijing
Beijing Airport
The Bird Cage
National Grand Theater
CC-TV
Three Gorges Dam
South-North water transfer project
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
Donghai Bridge
Lhasa express
Lu Pu bridge
Yangpu Bridge
Future Architecture
Model of the future Shanghai
REN Building Shanghai
Songjaing Hotel Shanghai
Wuhan Greenland Center
World’s tallest green building
The Superstar Concept