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Renovating Traditional Chinese Buildings as an Alternative to Destroying Them?

October 27, 2013 by Wade Shepard 2 Comments

TAIZHOU, Jiangsu - The Wūyā Cafe is an oddity in Taizhou. It is a trendy cafe bar with a retro design that is popular with Chinese college students … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Articles, Changing China, China, Culture and Society, Development, Disappearing Traditions Tagged With: Chinese Architecture, Destruction of Traditional Architecture, Destruction of Traditional Communities, Historic Buildings, Jiangsu Province, Taizhou

A Journey To China’s Italian Ghost Town

September 3, 2013 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

I walked clear through Shanghai's Italian town without knowing it. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but the overtly institutional, strictly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: Architecture Copycatting, Pujiang, Shanghai

Shanghai’s Dutch Ghost Town

August 16, 2013 by Wade Shepard 1 Comment

"Here used to be original Asian city with lots of original style buildings. Now it has been developed and all of that is now gone. It is a pity," a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Architecture Knock Offs, Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China, Dutch Architecture, Gaoqiao, Ghost Town, Shanghai

Ghost Town? Replica Town? Shanghai’s British Town Remains A Facade

August 6, 2013 by Wade Shepard 3 Comments

Shanghai's Thames Town could have been a ghost city, but I really couldn't tell with all the brides everywhere. Yes, the entire village is speckled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Architecture Knock Offs, Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Urban Development, Shanghai New Towns, Thames Town

China’s Knock-Off Cities and Western Architectural Copycatting, What Does This Mean?

January 2, 2013 by Wade Shepard 8 Comments

China has perhaps always had a penchant for replicating the architecture of other powerful cultures through the ages. From the Qin Dynasty building … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Architecture Knock Offs, China Tagged With: Architecture Copycatting, Western Traditions in China

A Visit to Hallstatt, China: An Austrian Village Cloned

December 31, 2012 by Wade Shepard 4 Comments

I descended a hill and rounded a bend, said hello a security guard decked out in some kind of Germanic military uniform, then walked out onto a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Architecture Knock Offs, China, Strange News Tagged With: China Economic Development, Guangdong Province, Hallstatt - China, Western Traditions in China

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