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Fengcheng: Shanghai’s Quixotic Spanish Town

August 7, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

There was something Quixotic about that place, which was perhaps appropriate as I was standing before a row of giant, mock windmills. They used to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: Architecture Copycatting, Fengcheng Shanghai, Fengxian Shanghai, One City Nine Towns, Shanghai, Western Architecture, Western Architecture in China

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

Anting: China’s German Ghost City

August 13, 2013 by Wade Shepard 18 Comments

It was a German town, designed by German architects next to a Volkswagen factory on the outskirts of Shanghai. The place had everything: housing, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: Anting German Town, Anting New City, Architecture Copycatting, Shanghai, Western Architecture

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

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