Wikipedia:Collaborations of the Week/Asian architecture

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[edit] Asian architecture

Nominated on 22:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC); needs 12 votes by 16 February.

Definitely deserves an article. A lot can be written about this.

Support:

1. Gflores ^Talk 22:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
2. --Revolución (talk) 01:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
3. Avala 16:01, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
4. Lockeownzj00 05:07, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
5. Midnightmoonradiance 05:34, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
6. Petros471 18:20, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
7. Avala 21:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
8. Siva1979^{Talk to me} 14:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
9. Neutrality^talk 06:52, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
10. Ghelae^talk 17:56, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

• Lots of things that can be touched on here--especially representation of architecture in modern works of Asian origin--much like certain Asian art (specifically Japanese), which made the Asian stars of its paintings look much taller and more wide-eyed like Westerners, Western architecture began dominating media. It'd be interesting to see not only the history, but the transition.
• I'm not sure there is such a thing as "Asian architecture". Israeli buildings are pretty unrelated to Afghani fortifications or temples in Laos. An article should exist, but it will probably be more of a list. – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 20:04, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
  • I concur here. This would be a rather arbitrary classification. "Traditional architectures of Asia" (or something like that) as an overview makes sense, but "asian architecture" gives a misleading idea as if there is something uniform. mikka (t) 21:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Seconded. I fail to see anything in common between Buddhist, Hinduist, and Muslim traditions.
      • I agree. What is similar in Turkish and Japanese architecture? Asia is a huge continent. Juppiter 21:00, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

--Ghirla | talk 19:21, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

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