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Traditional Chinese house architecture refers to a historical series of architecture styles and design elements that were commonly utilized in the building of civilian homes during the imperial era of ancient China. Throughout this two-thousand-year-long period, significant innovations and variations of homes existed, but house design generally ...
[7] [8] In the historic center of Beijing modern siheyuans have been constructed in the period since 2005 using the courtyard concept and ostensibly many of the features of the traditional Beijing house, but using modern techniques and concrete blocks with 'faux' brick facing instead of the traditional carefully laid wide grey Chinese bricks ...
The architecture of the mosques and gongbei tomb shrines of Chinese Muslims often combines traditional Chinese styles with Middle Eastern influences. The royal and nonroyal tombs found in the third through sixth centuries traced back to Han construction. Some tombs were considered two-chamber spaces, where the focal point was the central pagoda ...
Siheyuan courtyard houses originated in Beijing and is the most prevalent type of traditional Chinese courtyard residence. Due to their high density in Beijing, the term "Siheyuan" is typically synonymous with the Beijing style. Siheyuan, along with Hutong, have become the most representative traditional architectural feature of Beijing.
The Lin Ben Yuan Family Mansion and Garden (Chinese: 林本源園邸; pinyin: Lín Běn Yuán Yuándǐ) in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan was a residence built by the Lin Ben Yuan Family. It is Taiwan's most complete surviving example of traditional Chinese garden architecture.
Wok yi uk (Jyutping: Wok 6 ji 5 uk 1; Traditional Chinese: 鑊耳屋, literally "house with wok ears") is a distinct characteristic in Lingnan architecture. [14] It is a building that has a pair of curved walls protruding vertically at both ends of its roof, usually seen in traditional residential buildings.
The Yin Yu Tang house, photographed from an upstairs window in the Peabody Essex Museum Intricately carved wooden panels on the first floor of the Yin Yu Tang House. Yin Yu Tang House (蔭餘堂) is a late 18th-century Chinese house from Anhui province that had been removed from its original village and re-erected in Salem, Massachusetts.
A shikumen lane in Zhenxing Li A traditional Chinese matou ("horse head") style gable - more typical of old type shikumen - seen at Jianye Li, a new type shikumen development. Early period old type shikumen were built between 1869 and 1910. They retained more of the style of traditional Chinese houses, but with a much condensed footprint.