Sino-Portuguese architecture

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.

[1] The old town in Phuket has a history as the center of a tin mining and trading province.

In the era of Western imperialism, after 1511 (2054 BE), Portuguese settlers came to Phuket and to the trade port of Malacca.

The settlers brought Western culture with them, including their technologies, religion, and their own architectural styles.

These structures mixed Portuguese and Chinese art styles together, giving rise to Sino-Portuguese architecture.

Sino-Portuguese-styled shophouses are most prominent in Singapore , especially at its Chinatown. The facade of the leftmost example was remodeled in a late- Art Deco style.