Each period of Taiwan ’ s architectural history has its own salient characteristics: In the 1950s and 1960s, there was a shortage of building materials, and the public put low demands on the quality of their residences. But in order to make public displays of their authority the governing KMT built commanding buildings that still impress today.
綜觀台灣建築史，幾個時代的建築特色較鮮明：一九五○至七○年代，國內物質匱乏，民眾對住屋品質的需求很低，反而是當時國民政府為表現政權法統的雍容氣派所興建的公共建築，至今仍讓人眼睛一亮。