traditional straits chinese peranakan shophouse with white wooden louvered shutters floral tiles ornate plaster columns

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Traditional Straits Chinese Peranakan shophouse with gray exterior, white wooden louvered shutters, floral tiles & ornate columns Royalty Free Stock Photo

Traditional Straits Chinese Peranakan shophouse with white wooden louvered shutters, floral tiles & ornate plaster columns

Sino-Portuguese architecture, also known as Chinese Baroque, Straits or Peranakan architecture is an Asian hybrid style incorporating elements of both Chinese and Portuguese architectural styles. It is common in urban centers where Chinese settlers lived in southern China and the Peranakans of the Malay Peninsula, with examples found and most prominently conserved and maintained in Singapore