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  2. Ten Great Buildings - Wikipedia

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    The Ten Great Buildings (Chinese: 十大建筑) are ten public buildings that were built in Beijing in 1959, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. They were part of an architecture and urbanism initiative of Chairman Mao's Great Leap Forward ; most of the buildings were largely completed in a ...

  3. List of tallest buildings in China - Wikipedia

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    China has also been a leader in construction technologies for skyscrapers, with 70 percent of the buildings over 300 m (980 ft) in the world being built by Chinese companies. [5] The tallest building in China is currently the Shanghai Tower, located in the namesake city at a height of 632 m (2,073 ft); it is the third tallest building in the world.

  4. List of outstanding historic buildings of Shanghai - Wikipedia

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    This list of outstanding historic buildings of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海市优秀历史建筑; pinyin: shànghǎi shì yōuxiù lìshǐ jiànzhú) is a list encompassing 'Outstanding Historical Buildings' of Shanghai, China, nominated by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government starting from 1989. There are currently 5 batches of buildings ...

  5. List of tallest buildings in China by city - Wikipedia

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    This list includes the tallest (completed or topped out) buildings in China by city. All measurements are as defined and recognised by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). Heights are measured to Architectural Top, with antennae being excluded. Only buildings over 300 metres (980 ft) are included.

  6. Category:Lists of buildings and structures in China - Wikipedia

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    Lists of tallest buildings in China (23 P) Pages in category "Lists of buildings and structures in China" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.

  7. Chinese architecture - Wikipedia

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    The projected hierarchy and importance and building uses in Chinese architecture are based on the strict placement of buildings in a property/complex. Buildings with doors facing the front of the property are considered more important than those facing the sides. Buildings facing away from the front are the least important.

  8. List of supertall skyscrapers - Wikipedia

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    In the 2010s, China overtook the United States to become the country with the most supertall buildings. Other cities in China that have built multiple supertall buildings since 2000 include Guiyang, Nanjing, Nanning, Tianjin, and Wuhan. Taiwan completed its first supertall building, 85 Sky Tower, in the city of Kaohsiung in 1997.

  9. List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Beijing

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    Buildings of the Beijing Legation Quarter: 东交民巷使馆建筑群: Beijing 5-474 Architecture in the Garden of Yan at Weiming Lake 未名湖燕园建筑: Beijing 5-475 Early Buildings of Tsinghua University: 清华大学早期建筑