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Pagoda of Kew Gardens, London
The English turned to Oriental models to replace the geometric gardens of French and Italian derivation; alongside neo-classical and Gothic buildings, the landscape garden came to be enriched by tea houses, pagodas, and small bridges. In this context the Pagoda at Kew Gardens exists between transgressions and impulses, translating in architecture what Chambers had presented [...]
Chinese Architecture
In the history of architecture, both grand and domestic Chinese buildings have used the courtyard plan almost universally since the Bronze Age (c. 1700 BC). Temples and palaces consisted of a series of linked courtyards and even the smallest domestic buildings had a single walled courtyard. In domestic architecture the courtyard was important since it [...]
