selection of design
a committee decided host design competition in order collect designs sun yat-sen mausoleum. committee put advertisements in newspapers on 5 may, 1925, inviting architects , designers @ home , abroad send designs. in exchange 10 yuan charge, committee provide designer 12 pictures of site. design have adhere guidelines. had done in traditional chinese style evoked modern design special , memorial substance. not should evoke chinese architectural spirit, add creativity. designers required insure proposed construction costs within 300,000 yuan (the final cost exceeded 3,000,000 yuan). on 40 proposals received. on 20 september, 1925, committee convened in shanghai, , unanimously selected lu yanzhi s proposal.
the mausoleum designed lu yanzhi , completed poy gum lee between 1926–1929.
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