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Yin Yu Tang, A Chinese Home http://www.pem.org/yinyutang/
Interactive tour of a house that belonged to a merchant from the late Qing dynasty, and was originally located in southeastern China. From the Peabody Essex Museum. [Requires Flash].
Scenery of China http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/scenery.html
Virtual tour with expandable photographs and brief history taken from Beijing: Glimpses of Histor.' Includes the Forbidden City, Great Wall and Imperial Gardens. Part of Art of China by Remy Rong Guo.
China's Rural Architecture http://www.atlasmagazine.com/photo/laude6/
Photographs by Olivier Laude and brief texts by Ronald G. Knapp. Up to ten photographs per province.
Chinavista: Siheyuan http://www.chinavista.com/experience/siheyuan/siheyuan.html
Illustrated introduction to the quadrangle form, based on material supplied by Du Feibao.
Chinavista: Chinese Pavilions http://www.chinavista.com/experience/pavilion/pavilion.html
Illustrated introduction based on material supplied by Du Feibao.
Architecture at a Juncture http://www.gluckman.com/ArchChina.html
Article discussing new buildings planned for the country. By Ron Gluckman.
About.com: Chinese Architecture http://chineseculture.about.com/culture/cultureasia/chineseculture/msub10.htm
With links and articles about Chinese architecture in English and Chinese.
Beijing Museum of Ancient Architectures http://www.bjww.gov.cn/maine.htm
A museum devoted to the collection, study and display of China's ancient architectural technology, art and development history.
 
 

 
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