China. Yunnan. Dali.

Market day in Xizhou.

Xizhou, a legendary town of Nanzhao Kingdom(738-937), is the best place to see Bai people's residences.

The practice of symmetrical layout and enclosed space typical of Chinese folk residences, has emerged as early as Qin and Han dynasties(221BC-220AD) and still dominates Xizhou. Due to different environment, history background and aesthetic value, Bai people develop their own architecture characteristics and expressions. Take Si He Yuan( Chinese quadrangles) in Beijing for instance, they usually has only one floor, while Xizhou has two or more floors. Besides, no matter it is main house or side house, there are always built in three. In the first floor, a well-decorated pathway will be built, which keeps the scorching sunshine away in day time and provides a cool place to enjoy the view of courtyard during night.

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Nineteenth Cent.French merchants house door in the former French Colonial city of Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu India

View On Black & Large

Sitting area. Amelia Island Key West style townhome project.

Taken at a recent exhibition called On.Architecture at ArkDes in Stockholm with Silbersalz film in a Pentax Spotmatic camera.

Wittenberge

The cropped version.

Heritage Park, Plano Tx

Architecture, buildings

Buildings and Arcitecture

Whitby Nth Yorkshire

The Netherlands, AMSTERDAM, 2009 ; Coffee shop - smokers.

Photo: Heidi Voss-Nilsen

Clock tower at Cornell U.

Exterior at night. Amelia Island Key West style townhome project.

this fab little pad sits on the corner as i turn to go to allotmert i think its georgous ,

Nyfunkis vid Hjälmarekajen

Outdoor lanai. Amelia Island Key West style townhome project.

This 1970 building is meant to provide a setting akin to a Greek village to display art. Wonderful.

Jas Mandir Amber Fort - Jaipur 06/12/2010

They look like nipples, don't they? :P

lucky with the sunshine today at the British Museum

A goregous house in the wonderfully shaded neighborhood of Eastmoreland, Portland, Oregon.

Sitting area. Amelia Island Key West style townhome project.

the patients cells were stupidly small. this room was slightly larger than most and had painted walls, unlike most cells at Hellingly.