He criticizes Ching architecture for being too baroque, even un-Chinese. "The people who use the classical style the best are the Japanese, because they look to the high T'ang for their model."
王大閎認為中國建築到了清朝變得太繁複，不像中國東西了，「我覺得仿古仿得最好的反而是日本人，日本建築就很簡單，因為他們仿的是盛唐文化。」