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SIAS International University, Zhengzhou

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The Administrative Building's back facade The Administrative Building's front facade European Commercial Street Another view This is a new university in Zhengzhou. The administrative building has 2 faces, like the god Janus, but with the East and West. There is also another European Commercial Street . [iamges via http://sias.zzdxs.net/xinsheng/2008/0527/article_39.html ]

Sheraton Hotel, Suzhou, Zhejiang Province

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It seems that international hotel service enterprise Sheraton also shows their interests to Chinese style decoration. The funny story is, the planning department of Suzhou forces every investors (surely also architects) to make buildings with white walls and black tiles. Harmonious urban environment? I don't think so. [source: bendangwuren ]

Hybrid of the West and the East 中西合璧

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A governmental building in a Chinese town (unkown yet). [source abbs ]