Oh damn, I had no idea. I'll see if I can find a book on Chinese architecture. I actually prefer the Chinese architecture and I want to be as faithful to the concept as possible. Thanks for pointing it out! Guess I'll go back to gathering reference :p
Just a little thing: the concept is nice but i thing supposed to be a chinese scenery not japanese ;) (roof styles are not japanese because too round and too steep and the hectagonal pagoda is a very common thing for china but not japan). Still looking forward to where you are going with this :)
Thanks for the kind words guys, I hope I can live up to the expectations! @Skinpop: My plan right now is to combine Chinese, Japanese and maybe some other Asian influences. I hope that's not too blasphemous :) I'll think about the bridges. I do like the way the stone bridges connect everything in the concept, but 2D…
Concept art doesn't look very japanese to me. The pointy roof corners are very chinese and as far as I know japan doesn't have a landscape with pointy mountains like that. Like the project though, but maybe angle the research towards china? Or you could just adapt it as a fantasy piece. EDIT: I would personally change the…