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Beijing Railway Station

Yang Tingbao, Chen Deng'ao · Beijing, China · 1959

Key featuresLong station front with two clock towers and pavilion-roofed turrets, blending Chinese roofs with socialist realism.

Architect
Yang Tingbao, Chen Deng'ao
Place
Beijing, China
Year
1959
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
East Asia
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