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The simplicity of Japanese dwellings contrasted the oft-esteemed excessive decoration of the West. The influence of Japanese design was thus not so much that it was directly copied but rather, "the west discovered the quality of space in traditional Japanese architecture through a filter of western architectural values". [96]
A modern caisson in traditional style, in the Grand Hotel, Taipei Caisson of the Worship Shrine, Qing-An-Gong, Shanhua District, Tainan City, Taiwan. The caisson is a general name for a coffer. [4] In the case of Chinese architecture, however, the caisson is characterised by highly developed conventions as to its structure and placement. [2] [5]
Japanese-Western Eclectic Architecture (Japanese: 和洋折衷建築, Hepburn: Wayō Se'chū Kenchiku) is an architectural style that emerged from the Eclecticism in architecture movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, which intentionally incorporated Japanese architectural and Western architectural components into one building design.
Buildings and structures in Asia (14 C, 3 P) Marine architecture in Asia (2 C) ... East Asian architecture (9 C, 1 P) O. Ottoman architecture (11 C, 32 P) S.
Kunio Maekawa (前川 國男, Maekawa Kunio, 14 May 1905 – 26 June 1986) was a Japanese architect and a key figure in Japanese postwar modernism. After early stints in the studios of Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond, Maekawa began to articulate his own architectural language after establishing his own firm in 1935, maintaining a continuous tension between Japanese traditional design and ...
The city’s Soviet-era building are being systematically knocked down and replaced by modern buildings. [52] Dushanbe’s central post office has been razed to make way for a new skyscraper. [ 52 ] Built in 2002, the Palace of Nations was constructed and is the official residence of Tajikistan’s President. [ 53 ]
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.
Chevrolet building, Romualdez Street, north of U.N. Avenue, Manila (demolished) Cine Astor, Manila (demolished) Coca-Cola Bottling Plant, (Gabler-Gumbert), Manila; Commercial building on Calle Santa Potenciana corner Calle Solana; Crystal Arcade, (Andrés Luna de San Pedro, 1932)(demolished) [7] De Ocampo Eye Clinic, Manila (demolished)