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At the same time, it finds itself in competition with the winsome pagoda-like vernacular of C.Y. Lee's Taipei101, in Taiwan.

Heights of Fancy James Gardner 2011

The mere gateway was of the size of a palace in itself, rising pagoda-like, in many retreating stories, each story fringed with tile-roofing.

Chapter 15 2010

A traditional Keralan granary house (carved wood, a wraparound verandah, a pagoda-like tiled roof), provides three guest rooms (two are air-conditioned); and the food is fresh, homely and plentiful.

Ten top homestays in India Lesley Gillilan 2010

In constructing a Himalayan-inspired center high windows with flared borders, a pagoda-like roof and transoms of protruding timbers its founder hoped to foster an understanding of Tibetan culture and religion.

Tibet on Staten Island 2010

By 1618, a part of Hoi An became a Japanese district -- the Chua Cau or Japanese Bridge, as it's more widely known, a 12 meter-long, pagoda-like structure that spans a stream, is a relic of those days.

Cao Lau 2009

Today is Buddha's Birthday and the waft of joss sticks hangs close to a life-size brass representation of the deity underneath an ornate pagoda-like gate known as the Friendship Arch in the middle of the shopping area.

Foreign Places 2009

Weathering of joints in the limestone and bands of ironstone produce pinnacles and pagoda-like forms.

Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

The old Bank of China headquarters on the Bund has traditional Chinese window-lattices running up the facade and a tiled pagoda-like roof.

Shanghai, Built for the Machine Age 2009

The building uses traditional Chinese window-lattices up its high-rise facade, and is topped with a tiled pagoda-like roof.

Forever Art Deco 2009

Mozambique at a well-stocked supermarket near Mugabe's Chinese-built, pagoda-like mansion in Harare's Borrowdale suburb.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008