{"id":24387,"date":"2016-08-30T17:01:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T10:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-chinas-luxury-homes-are-proud-to-be-chinese-again\/"},"modified":"2016-08-30T17:03:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T10:03:32","slug":"how-chinas-luxury-homes-are-proud-to-be-chinese-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-chinas-luxury-homes-are-proud-to-be-chinese-again\/","title":{"rendered":"How China\u2019s luxury homes are proud to be Chinese again"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOut with European design, in with traditional architecture
\nChina\u2019s most expensive house, Unique Taohuayuan, lists for CNY1 billion (USD149 million) and features traditional Chinese architecture. Image credit: Sotheby\u2019s International Realty
\nSome of the world\u2019s most luxurious residential properties incorporate European charms into their architecture.
\nNot anymore in China.
\nCNN reports that affluent homeowners in China are turning inwards, to their ancient Middle Kingdom past, for architectural inspiration, in a remarkable turnaround for a country that once underwent an entire \u201ccultural revolution\u201d to reject the old ways.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s been in the last two or three years that traditional design elements have been increasingly employed in high-end properties,\u201d Guo Yi, a marketing executive at property consultancy Yahao, told CNN.
\nSunny Liu, general manager of property research firm China Index Academy, also noted a shift toward traditional architecture among most of the high-value villa products in Beijing. \u201cWe can see this trend of traditional styles becoming more and more popular in the market, especially in the very top-end of the luxury sector,\u201d he said.
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\nLuxury property developer Domvs London is now mulling a \u201cmega-development\u201d near Hangzhou that, aside from following the requisite feng shui guidelines, features a man-made lake with traditional pavilions, plus a \u201cGreat Wall.\u201d
\n\u201cBuyers are becoming more design savvy,\u201d Domvs London founder Jon O\u2019Brien told CNN. \u201cAs the Chinese market becomes more sophisticated, and (people) travel globally, they quickly learn that pastiche, ill-conceived, mock-Western \u2018Disneyland\u2019 architecture has no longevity in terms of design or investment. That\u2019s why there is a recent trend toward Chinese traditional exterior architecture, albeit with contemporary interiors and amenities.\u201d
\nExclusivity also plays into this newfangled affinity for traditional-looking but super-luxurious homes. Handcrafted materials and d\u00e9cor in traditional Chinese architecture make for powerful status symbols, as they turn out to be more expensive than those in the West. The usage of such also allows ultra-moneyed homeowners to delineate themselves from the nouveau riche and the middle class who tend to favour knockoffs of Western homes.
\n\u201cA Chinese buyer with this much money has likely traveled extensively and probably already owns property abroad \u2014 maybe even a French ch\u00e2teau,\u201d Liz Flora, editor-in-chief of the online luxury publication Jing Daily, told CNN.
\nRead next: Chinese government bans \u2018weird\u2019 shaped buildings \u2013 but not everyone takes note
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\nSource : property-report.com
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