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Sino-Portuguese architecture

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22: 243: 279: 291: 187: 255: 267: 199: 215: 172: 227: 335: 160:), Portuguese settlers came to Phuket and to the trade port of Malacca. The settlers brought Western culture with them, including their technologies, religion, and their own architectural styles. Portuguese settlers employed Chinese workers to build their houses and establishments. These structures mixed Portuguese and Chinese art styles together, giving rise to Sino-Portuguese architecture. 321: 278: 128:. The building has the design (painting) in Chinese format, but the structure is Portuguese. Typically, the building is a one or two storey mixed commercial-residential building. The wall has strength due to the weight of the tiles on the roof. The roof is clad in curved tiles of Chinese provenance. 131:
In contemporary Singapore, such structures are conserved and maintained regularly, making them a huge tourist attraction for foreigners unacquainted with such structures. Its historical heritage as well as its location in the city-centre also makes them highly valuable.
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Ornamentation of a shophouse around Arab Street, Singapore. Elaborate ornamentation is typically a mark of wealth for the owner who commissioned the construction of the building.
489: 21: 171: 479: 484: 464: 469: 459: 401: 434: 474: 454: 153: 208:, Thailand, an example of a box layout Sino-Portuguese mansion. The building now houses the Satun National Museum. 349: 112:). In many of these places however, such structures have either been demolished or are in a state of disrepair. 63: 121: 248:
Club Street townhouses, Singapore. Some of the buildings incorporate open balconies on the third floor.
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Governor's Mansion in Phuket City represents a contrast to Kuden Mansion, with a more extensive layout.
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The characteristics of Sino-Portuguese architecture is a mix of European and Chinese styles or simply
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Double storey shophouses at Joo Chiat Lane, a common design in the outer reaches of urban Singapore.
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Tanjong Pagar Road shophouses, illustrating three-storey varieties of Straits architecture.
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Sino-Portuguese Architecture. Retrieved 3 October 2016, from www.roughguides.com
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Phuket's Old Town Movement. Retrieved 3 October 2016, from lestariheritage.net
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Historical areas with such architecture can also be found throughout
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Old Phuket Houses. Retrieved 3 October 2016, from www.phuket.com
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is an Asian hybrid style incorporating elements of both
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Sino-Portuguese architecture, Dibuk Road, Phuket City,
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Index


shophouses
Singapore
Art Deco
Peranakan
Chinese
Portuguese
architectural styles
southern China
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Southern Thailand
Phuket
Macau
Vietnam
Hainan
Haikou
colonial architecture
coolies
old town
Phuket
tin mining
Western imperialism
BE
Sino-Portuguese architecture, Dibuk Road, Phuket City, Thailand
Thailand
Colourful shophouses at Koon Seng Road, Singapore
Kuden Mansion in Satun, Thailand, an example of a box layout Sino-Portuguese mansion. The building now houses the Satun National Museum.
Satun

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