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Beichuan, a town where 80% of the buildings collapsed after repeated aftershocks:


www.theatlantic.com


https://americantesol.com

www.theatlantic.com

https://www.npr.org/sections/paralle...Reconstruction





the scene in 2008


https://data.travelchinaguide.com, https://blogs.agu.org

Old Beichuan is preserved as a memorial




http://sfaa.net

www.u-strasse.com

https://inhabitat.com

http://paleoseismicity.org

Remembrance day - survivors return


http://i.telegraph.co.uk

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Anshun Bridge, Chengdu 2003






Wind and Rain bridges are traditionally built by he Tujia people, and still are

ancient ones




www.chinatouradvisors.com

www.gandjlawrence.co.uk, www.bestourism.com

new ones


www.chinadaily.com.cn, http://beautifulplaces4you.com


Sanjiang Wind and Rain Bridge 2010 - the world's longest W&R bridge


www.absolutechinatours.com

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Xiangxi Tujia Wind and Rain Bridge, 2008


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Xian, around the Goose pagodas, all new buildings to the horizon in Han and Tang style:


http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-xia...a-76825501.htm

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Streets and side streets leading to Qianmen (the ceremonial approach gate to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden CIty) have been rebuilt to their 19th Century appearance, Beiijing


www.beijingrelocation.com

www.discoverbeijingtours.com

www.beijingrelocation.com

https://issuu.com/zhixuanzhai/docs/dissertation_z_zhai


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Okay, something different. A melding of old traditional local vernaculars with new modernism:

Traditional Suzhou architecture of white painted walls, timber frames and blue-grey roof tiles



Suzhou Station 2009


www.cadreg.com

www.chinatours.com



www.discoverchinatours.com

https://spaceshipchina.files.wordpress.com





www.indiachinainstitute.org

Suzhou Museum 2006












Taikoo Li district, Chengdu 2008


www.gochengdu.cn

www.iphonehacks.com



https://architizer.com/projects/sino...oo-li-chengdu/


www.swireproperties.com, www.mingtiandi.com

https://architizer.com/projects/sino...oo-li-chengdu/

www.swireproperties.com


New builds in a village, Wencuncun


www.arquitecturaviva.com

www.arquitecturaviva.com

https://pbs.twimg.com





Ningbo Art Museum


www.adsttc.com

www.inexhibit.com



Shangzhou Campus




www.adsttc.com


www.adsttc.com

https://nuirs.files.wordpress.com

http://edenison.zenfolio.com

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Qingtongxia Temple, 2013








Xishuangbanna, the Dai (read: Thai) minority area of China

Jinghong the capital:




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i would think the new stern dorms at yale would count -- or anything by stern really.


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All of those examples you posted are amazing, muppet. I'm totally in awe, I don't even know where to begin.
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