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Light blue Straits Chinese Peranakan shophouse exterior with wooden louvered shutters, rococo floral designs, peacock mosaic tiles Royalty Free Stock Photo

Straits Chinese Peranakan shophouse with wooden louvered shutters, rococo designs, floral mosaic tiles with TaiJi symbol Royalty Free Stock Photo

Straits Chinese Peranakan shophouse with wooden louvered shutters, rococo designs, floral TaiJi mosaic tiles & stylized Fu symbol Royalty Free Stock Photo

Straits Chinese Peranakan shophouse with olive green wooden louvered shutters, rococo floral designs & Bagua mirror above center Royalty Free Stock Photo

Peranakan architecture design houses and windows Joo Chiat Singapore

Light blue Straits Chinese or Peranakan residential property exterior with white wooden louvered shutters & rococo floral designs Royalty Free Stock Photo

Straits Chinese Peranakan shophouse exterior with black wooden louvered shutters, rococo floral designs, ornate plaster columns Royalty Free Stock Photo

Singapore - July 13, 2015: Windows with wooden shutters and ornate arches line historic traditional shop houses along Singapore's Joo Chiat Road. The architecture is typically Peranakan - a style prevalent in Singapore and Malaysia - which is an eclectic mix of colonial, Malay and Chinese designs. The shop house structure essentially houses a shop or warehouse on the ground floor and living quarters for the family on the upper stories. Note the arches, art and use of color in the design.