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Some of the world's leading architects are up in arms
as yet more copies of famous Western buildings spring up across in China
at an unprecedented rate. Famous clones have already included the
Ronchamp Chapel in France, the Eiffel Tower in Paris - and the entire
town of Hallstatt in Austria.
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Carbon copy: Part of Hiuzhou city has been deliberately constructed to
resemble the Austrian town of Hallstatt
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The real thing: The genuine Austrian town which has been ripped off by
the Chinese
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In the northern Chinese city of Tianjin a 15th century fishing village
has been all but bulldozed to make way for a replica Manhattan complete
with Rockefeller and Lincoln centres and even a Hudson River
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Epic project: However the Chinese have some way to go before competing
with the original Manhattan skyline
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The iconic Tower Bridge is another landmark that has been recreated with
a look-a-like version popping up in the city of Suzhou in Jiangsu
province
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Unlike the original (pictured) the Chinese version of Tower Bridge
lacks a raising mechanism
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Original: The Ronchamp chapel in France designed by celebrated architect
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier
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Knock-off: The copy that appeared in Zhengzhou capital of the northern
central Henan province was torn down after a furious response by the
Corbusier foundation
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Rip-off: The Eiffel Tower (left) has been cloned on the outskirts of
Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province (right)
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Pirate building: Architect Zaha Hadid said she plans to take legal
action after this building which bears suspicious similarities to her
Wangjing Soho Building appeared in the City of Chongqing
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Spot the difference: The original Wangjing Building in Beijing designed
by British architect Zaha Hadid and below the cloned version in the City
of Chongqing
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Replica: Thames Town, located 19 miles from Shanghai in China, has been
built to look like an English town
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American dream, Chinese reality: One of the U.S.-style mansions of the
Rose Garden development outside Shanghai, a 9,600 square foot mansion
which went on the market priced at $13 million
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Country life: Mansions in the Shanghai suburb, the Rose Garden, resemble
French country homes |