Shanghai Shikumen
Friday, April 8th, 2011Shikumen is an architectural style for residential buildings in Shanghai, China combining Western and Chinese elements that first appeared in the 1860s. At the height of their popularity, there were 9000 shikumen-style buildings in Shanghai, comprising 60% of the total housing stock of the city, but today the proportion is much lower as most Shanghai people live in large apartment blocks.
