It might be a little too traditional for you if you're looking for something that would be subtly different from an American house, but it's certainly different!
I have a lot of information on traditional homes from all over China, including Tulou. While Tulou are quite awesome, they're a totally different thing than what I'm looking for!
I need information specifically on whether there was a contemporary, not traditional, style of house that is/was in use in China that isn't the "American" style all these Western journalists saw fit to cover. :)
Okay, kind of stupid, but somehow I missed the part where you said "not full of traditional houses". Sorry!! I would consider MAAAYBE this. http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/architecture/styles/yikeyin.htm It's still traditional, but looks more like a modern house than some of the other traditional buildings.
I've seen pictures and floor plans of that house - it is apparently quite notable in architecture circles. But I'm looking for ordinary houses, not showpieces of modern architecture.
I want to know if there was/is a contemporary "Chinese" style that was common in houses in China. Emphasis on the contemporary, emphasis on the Chinese, emphasis on the common.
For example, in this image there are no traditional houses, but I can still identify it as "probably Japan" due to the style of the houses. Some have roofs harkening back to traditional Japanese styles, but mostly it's the small lots, chaotic layout, and general "style"of the houses ... It's not traditional, but it's not American, either. (Of course this is a crowded suburb and there are other styles of modern Japanese house, but I just want ANY info non-traditional, non-American styles of house in China, if there are any.)
I thought about this onehttp://www.panoramio.com/photo/27737179 since the roof tiles are more or less what you'd find on any Chinese house, but the facades look mostly western.
That is very helpful! The facades are Western, yeah - but that's not really "American" either, at least not the McMansion style of American house that's been getting attention in the Western press.
Do you have any idea if that kind of styles is common or not?
The hutongs I'm aware of - the ones lined with shiheyuan, in Beijing - are very traditional, and not what I'm looking for. Do you have some contemporary one in mind?
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Not many people live in them any more; they're Hakka ancestral dwellings. (I'm Hakka, but don't live in China.) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/world/asia/23yongding.html?pagewanted=all
It might be a little too traditional for you if you're looking for something that would be subtly different from an American house, but it's certainly different!
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I need information specifically on whether there was a contemporary, not traditional, style of house that is/was in use in China that isn't the "American" style all these Western journalists saw fit to cover. :)
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edit: ^ Ahhh, I kinda missed that part too.
Just for clarity are you talking about something not quite this modern, but still veering away from the traditional?
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I want to know if there was/is a contemporary "Chinese" style that was common in houses in China. Emphasis on the contemporary, emphasis on the Chinese, emphasis on the common.
For example, in this image there are no traditional houses, but I can still identify it as "probably Japan" due to the style of the houses. Some have roofs harkening back to traditional Japanese styles, but mostly it's the small lots, chaotic layout, and general "style"of the houses ... It's not traditional, but it's not American, either. (Of course this is a crowded suburb and there are other styles of modern Japanese house, but I just want ANY info non-traditional, non-American styles of house in China, if there are any.)
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Do you have any idea if that kind of styles is common or not?
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