Thursday, June 23, 2005

Have the Chinese taken over Paris?


I know it's not obvious, but you are presently looking at a genuine Paris building! If you think it looks very Chinese to you, well no wonder for it was built in 1926 by famous Asian art dealer Ching-Tsai Loo who used it a gallery. You can still pay it a visit if you have some euros to spend… It’s located 48 rue de Courcelles in the 8th arrondissement. (View other pictures)

9 comments:

  1. La maison était à vendre il y a quelques mois, et tardait à trouver preneur. Elle offre certaines particularités, typiquement chinoises, notamment un seuil n'est pas dans l'axe du portail, afin de déjouer le mal qui circule en ligne droite.

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  2. Wow, I never knew that existed in the 8th! Think I should write about the Chinese influence in Paris these days?

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  3. Eh Eric ! That house remember me the good old time, isn't it ?

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  4. Thanks for mentioning Chinese, I am Chinese from Hong Kong. I saw your profile, I am Aquarius too!

    Woah! I am impressed by your photo journal! Have Chinese taken over Paris? Nah! I think it is nice color of the buidling and it suits Paris a lot. We dont have such pale pink color for building like this in China or Hong Kong. We use Red (bright red) and bright Green for the roof!

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  5. > Joanna. Thanks for your comment. Most of my visitors come from the Americas and Europe but few from Asia, so I am glad that "the other side of the world" (at least from a European stand point!) also gives its opinion!

    And I find it very interesting to know that in China you don't use this colour. I did not know that.

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  6. Hi Eric, nice to meet you here. Yes I am from Asia.

    To look at the building detaily (from the photos), the architect only added the Chinese roof as a decorative elements and the pattern window frame on the buidling. Visually, if you looked at the building and eliminating the Chinese stuff, it is just a building in Paris. It has long vertical window and its color is very Paris. If you see this kind of building in China, they are all built by wood but not concrete, or it may have wooden/marble sculpture on each corner on the roof, they dont have the very top part (the rectangular part, I guessed it is the storage of water or heater system in Paris.)

    Yes! The color we used in Asia is very intense and vibrant but the European used mostly pastel colors but they are very colorful!

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  7. Je ne savais même pas qu'il y avait une pagode ici!!
    Bonne continuation votre blog est super!

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  8. Bonsoir ,c'est la maison de notre arrière grand-père,Mr TCHIN TSAI LOO,qui l'a faite construire entre 1926 et 1927 avec l'aide de l'architecte Mr BLOCK.sa couleur d' origine était rouge mais depuis sa couleur est plus pâle.
    elle a été construite pour y exposer ses collections et faire connaitre l'ART CHINOIS,assez méconnu dans son ensemble en EUROPE à cette époque.
    depuis y sont vendus de nombreux objets et meubles d'ASIE,on peut visiter cette galerie et louer ses espaces.

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  9. It looks so nice, I'm intrigued!

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