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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.
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]
Shoin-zukuri (Japanese: 書院造, 'study room architecture') is a style of Japanese architecture developed in the Muromachi, Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods that forms the basis of today's traditional-style Japanese houses.
Buildings and structures in Asia (14 C, 3 P) ... Pages in category "Asian architecture" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Zenshūyō (禅宗様, "Zen style") is a Japanese Buddhist architectural style derived from Chinese Song Dynasty architecture. Named after the Zen sect of Buddhism which brought it to Japan, it emerged in the late 12th or early 13th century.
Balinese architecture is a centuries-old architectural tradition influenced by Balinese culture developed from Hindu influences through ancient Javanese intermediary, as well as pre-Hindu elements of native Balinese architecture. [1] Today, the contemporary Balinese style is known as one of the most popular Asian tropical architecture, [2] due ...
Japanese Buddhist architecture is the architecture of Buddhist temples in Japan, consisting of locally developed variants of architectural styles born in China. [1] After Buddhism arrived from the continent via the Three Kingdoms of Korea in the 6th century, an effort was initially made to reproduce the original buildings as faithfully as possible, but gradually local versions of continental ...
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)