page 1 of 9 Wu Family Reception Hall China, Jiangsu Province, Lake T'ai Region, Tung-shan Wu Family Reception Hall 1600-1625 wood, tile, mica The reception hall was the most important room of a typical Chinese courtyard house. Imagine... Shh! Don't make a sound! You are Wu Shen. You're at home, near the town of Tung-shan in southern China. Find it on the map! It's 1625 and today you turn 13 years old. Imagine that you are tiptoeing into this room, your family's rece ...

Maasai Houses Great Buildings Search Advanced Buildings Architects Types Places 3D Models Pix ArchitectureWeek Architecttraditional Subscribers - login to skip ads LocationKenya, Africa Date0 to 1990 timeline Building Typeowner-built small houses Construction Systemdung plastered over bent wood wands Climatetropical Contextrural StyleAfrican Vernacular Notesloaf shaped houses, grouped in circular enclosures ImagesPhoto, exterior at ArchitectureWeek Photo ...

based on material offered by Mr.Du Feibao Traditionally most urban Chinese used to live in quadrangles called siheyuan or "four-side enclosed courtyards." These courts, as the name implies, are formed by inward-facing houses on four sides, closed in by enclosure walls. A small or medium-sized siheyuan usually has its main or only entrance gate built at the southeastern corner of the quadrangle with a screen wall just inside to prevent outsiders from peeping in. Such a residence offers space ...

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