2024-12-22T09:36:45-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/10167683/xeroxed-village-s Nam Henderson 2011-06-16T21:46:24-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/g3/g3cpyksiqv07r4ye.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>"Spying" by Chinese architects would not have been conspicuous in Hallstatt, where there are up to 800,000 visitors each day who "photograph everything and everyone," Scheutz told Austrian news agency APA. Representatives from the Alpine village's historic church are also concerned. Copying a house of God for use as a tourist attraction is problematic, Catholic priest Richard Czurylo told daily Die Presse, adding that at the very least, the new church must be declared a place of prayer.</p></em><br /><br /><p> An idyllic Austrian village has apparently impressed Chinese architects so much that they have decided to copy it in their own country. But the townspeople living in the UNESCO World Heritage site are unhappy about the plans. This isn't the first time this sort of copying has&nbsp;occurred. China has also replicated amongst other places, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Town" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thames Town</a>.</p>