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The highest-grade residences in the past, of course, are the residences of the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama. The residences of these officials are very grand, large in scale and rigorous in layout. The main building is three or four stories high. The ground floor is for chores. The second floor is the living room for the whole family.
Tibetan Buddhist architecture, in the cultural regions of the Tibetan people, has been highly influenced by Nepal, China and India. For example, the Buddhist prayer wheel, along with two dragons, can be seen on nearly every temple in Tibet. Many of the houses and monasteries are typically built on elevated, sunny sites facing the south.
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The campus architecture of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a rare example of dzong style seen outside the Himalayas. Initial phases were designed by El Paso architect Henry Trost, and later phases have continued in the same style. [3] In the United States, this style became known as Bhutanese Revival and Neo-Bhutanese Revival.
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The contents of this book are presented in the following chapters: architecture, townscape, buildings, and the preservation of Lhasa and its future. The topic of Tibetan architecture is covered in the first chapter. The architecture of Lhasa is the subject of the second chapter.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This list may not reflect recent changes. Architecture of Tibet; A. Anymachen Tibetan Culture Center; H. Himalayan towers; L.
Those gompas associated with Tibetan Buddhism are common in Tibet, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. Bhutanese dzong architecture is a subset of traditional gompa design. Gompa may also refer to a shrine room or meditation room, without the attached living quarters, where practitioners meditate and listen to teachings.