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South Asian architecture (11 C) Pages in category "Asian architecture" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Chinese architecture has influenced the architecture of many other East Asian countries. During the Tang dynasty, much Chinese culture was imported by neighboring nations. Chinese architecture had a major influence on the architectural styles of Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Vietnam where the East Asian hip-and-gable roof design is ubiquitous.
In traditional Japanese architecture, there are various styles, features and techniques unique to Japan in each period and use, such as residence, castle, Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine.
The Longxing Temple—built in 1052 and located at present-day Zhengding, Hebei Province, China—has a hip-and-gable xieshan-style roof with double eaves. [1]The East Asian hip-and-gable roof (Xiēshān (歇山) in Chinese, Paljakjibung (팔작지붕) in Korean and Irimoya (入母屋) in Japanese) also known as 'resting hill roof', consists of a hip roof that slopes down on all four sides and ...
Category: Asian architecture by country. 9 languages. ... Architecture in Iran (24 C, 155 P) Architecture in Iraq (5 C, 13 P) Architecture in Israel (11 C, 9 P) J.
The Asian Civilisations Museum was formerly built as the Empress Place Building, which opened in 1867. It was initially named Government House. It was initially named Government House. The original design was to be a courthouse however it soon became housing for colonial government offices (Government Secretariat as well as Treasury and Stamp ...
Architecture portal; Asia portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. ... Asian building and structure stubs (40 C, 155 ...
Kansai Japanese-French Academy, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 1936; Kobe City Archives (formerly Ikenaga Museum of Art), Kobe, 1938; Kobe Customs Headquarters , Kobe, 1927; Kōshien Hotel/Kōshien Kaikan, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, 1930; Matsuzakaya Yokohama department store (formerly Nozawaya department store), Kanagawa, 1928