Stripping away the often elaborate ornamentation of the architectural styles popular before World War I, it was a conscious effort to capture the spirit of modernity.

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Both a lovely example of what happens when colonial and Chinese architectural styles blend, the mansion is also a monument to the entrepreneurial skill and posturing that, to this day, animates the local " Baba Nonya" community, descendants of those Chinese merchants who settled in the great Malay and Indonesian archipelagos.

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Southern and lowcountry architectural building styles are dictated by the parameters of the gated community, which is filled with tall live oaks dripping with Spanish moss.

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An exuberant architectural blend of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles, Baburizza occupies a prominent building on the pedestrian walkway Paseo Yugoslavia.

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