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- Split-personality building in China is part U.S. Capitol and part Temple of Heaven Fri, 11 Dec 15, 2:08amThis split-personality building in central China’s Hebei Province is a quirky example of duplitecture. It combines features of the United States Capitol and Beijing’s Temple of Heaven and has been attracting visitors...
- China’s replica Manhattan is a half-built, abandoned ghost town amid economic woes Fri, 13 Feb 15, 3:32amChina is now well established as the world capital of Duplitecture, with everything from its own rendition of the Eiffel Tower to a mock Venice. But the mock Wall Street financial district, constructed at a cost of $50 billion...
- Inhabitat’s Top 9 Interviews of 2014 Thu, 1 Jan 15, 3:05amIn the past year Inhabitat had the privilege of speaking with a variety of talented designers, architects and thinkers. We chatted with Bianca Bosker about architectural mimicry and Boyan Slat filled us in on his brilliant...
- Inhabitat’s Top 6 Interviews of 2014 Wed, 31 Dec 14, 9:48amIn the past year Inhabitat had the privilege of speaking with a variety of talented designers, architects and thinkers. We chatted with Bianca Bosker about architectural mimicry and Boyan Slat filled us in on his brilliant...
- Egypt Outraged Over China’s Fake Sphinx! Fri, 6 Jun 14, 2:02amChina is famous for its "duplitecture," but one recent example, a larger-than-life-sized replica of the Sphinx, outraged Egypt so much that it called on UNESCO to issue a cultural cease and desist...
- VIDEO: Original Copies Author Bianca Bosker on Architectural Mimicry in China Fri, 11 Apr 14, 5:59amWe've been fascinated with the concept of duplitecture—the practice of cloning entire buildings—ever since we discovered that Chinese developers were knocking off European architectural icons and, in some cases, even...
- Chinese Developer Attempts to Copy Colonial Williamsburg, VA, Replicates Hipster Williamsburg, Brooklyn Instead Wed, 2 Apr 14, 2:25amChina's copycat architecture trend has been well documented - so far the nation has built full-scale replicas of the Eiffel Tower, the canals of Venice, and even an entire Austrian village...
- Chinese Developer Unveils Plans for Cloned Austrian Village Complete With Imported Alpine Air Tue, 2 Apr 13, 5:14amFollowing in the footsteps of the world’s first cloned village, a Chinese developer has announced plans to build yet another copy of the historic Alpine town of Hallstatt to offer an idyllic rural retreat for those...
- BOOK REVIEW: Bianca Bosker’s New Book, Original Copies, Dissects China’s Bizarre Knockoff Architecture Trend Wed, 13 Mar 13, 2:41amRead the rest of BOOK REVIEW: Bianca Bosker’s New Book, Original Copies, Dissects China’s Bizarre Knockoff Architecture Trend Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: architectural copies China,...
- Original Copies: Bianca Bosker’s New Book Tackles China’s Copycat Architecture Trend Fri, 22 Feb 13, 6:25amRead the rest of Original Copies: Bianca Bosker’s New Book Tackles China’s Copycat Architecture Trend Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: architectural copies China, Architectural Mimicry,...
- Duplitecture: Bianca Bosker’s “Original Copies” Tackle’s China’s Copycat Architecture Trend Tue, 12 Feb 13, 3:06amAuthor Bianca Bosker’s new book, Original Copies: Architectural Mimicry in Contemporary China addresses the very real, very new duplitecture movement that has emerged in China...