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  2. Beijing Central Axis - Wikipedia

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    Beijing Central Axis is in turn from north to south, Drum and Bell Towers, Wanning Bridge, Jingshan Hill, Forbidden City, Altar of Land and Grain, Imperial Ancestral Temple, Upright Gate, Tian'anmen Gate, Outer Jinshui Bridges, Tian’anmen Square Complex, Zhengyangmen, Temple of Heaven, Altar of the God of Agriculture, Southern Section Road Archeological Sites, Yongdingmen Gate.

  3. Civic Center (Shenzhen) - Wikipedia

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    The civic building was the centerpiece plan for the Shenzhen Futian Central District Master Plan [4] and is "attentive to traditional asian themes and traditions". [5] The overall city plan is based on a central axis, which stretched 2km from Lianhua Mountain in the north, through the Civic Center, and to the Exhibition Center in the south.

  4. Sightline (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    The Paris axe historique: the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, and the Grande Arche of La Défense are all on the same visual axis. In architecture and urban planning, sightlines or vistas [1] are a consideration in the design of civic structures, such as a stage, arena, or ...

  5. Forbidden City - Wikipedia

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    The central north–south axis remains the central axis of Beijing. ... The architecture of the twelve palaces, connected by passageways, is more or less the same ...

  6. Chinese architecture - Wikipedia

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    Chinese architecture is the embodiment of an architectural style that has developed over millennia in China and ... The buildings on the axis include central entrance ...

  7. The Sixteen Principles of Urban Design - Wikipedia

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    The "central axis" was to create a new representation Magistrale arise between the Brandenburg Gate and Alexanderplatz, the center of the monumental height dominant – should be in place of the castle, the central government building – as a "city crown" the Marx-Engels-Platz. In 1951, Stalinallee emerged as the first Socialist avenue in the GDR.

  8. Vernacular residential architecture of Western Sichuan

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    [citation needed] Reflected in the architecture, it is the dedication and preference of the central axis. [citation needed] The courtyard is always located at the centerline, and the central axis runs through the entire building.

  9. French formal garden - Wikipedia

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    a central axis, or perspective, perpendicular to the facade of the house, on the side opposite the front entrance. The axis extends either all the way to the horizon (Versailles) or to piece of statuary or architecture (Vaux-le-Vicomte). The axis faces either South (Vaux-le-Vicomte, Meudon) or east–west (Tuileries, Clagny, Trianon, Sceaux).