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MIMICRY

HIBERNATION

RUCTURAL

ADAPTATION

PROTECTIVE
COLORATION

VERNACULAR

ARCHITECTURE
Three styles of architecture are predominant in urban Beijing. First, there is the traditional architecture of
imperial China, perhaps best exemplified by the massive Tian'anmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace), which remains the
People's Republic of China's trademark edifice, the Forbidden City, the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the Temple
of Heaven. Next, there is what is sometimes referred to as the "Sino-Sov" style, with structures tending to be BEHAVIOUR
boxy and sometimes poorly constructed, which were built between the 1950s and the 1970s. Finally, there are
much more modern architectural forms, most noticeably in the area of the Beijing CBD in east Beijing such as
the new CCTV Headquarters, in addition to buildings in other locations around the city such as the Beijing ADAPTATION
National Stadium and National Center for the Performing Arts.

BEIJING, CHINA
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