Set in Shanghai’s architectural heritage Jian Ye Li estate, the compound houses 22 rows of shikumen lanes, connecting more than 200 two-story houses dating back to the 1930s. Embodying a blending of traditional Shanghainese and Western architectural styles, these distinctive shikumen buildings first appeared in the 1860s.
Due to the city’s currently accelerating development, original shikumen houses are a cultural rarity, set as they are against the glistening skyscrapers and modern architecture. Capella Shanghai, Jian Ye Li will serve as a showcase of Shanghai’s residential heritage featuring Chinese courtyard houses with Parisian flair.
