The result was a unique "double storefront" architectural style. The Japanese architects of that time, under the influence of the scholasticism then in vogue, encouraged shop owners to front their stores with a Western-style red brick pedestrian arcade, and to put in larger windows for better ventilation and light. The result was a distinctly modern melding of Chinese and Western elements.
當時主導的日本建築師，受到時興的學院思潮影響，鼓勵店家將新立面改建為西洋古典式的紅磚牌樓，又為了通風和採光而加大開窗面積，成了頗具現代風格、中西揉合的特殊建物面貌。