The Chinese garden architecture is one of the four essential factors for garden landscaping. The garden architectures should satisfy the requirements both for practical purposes and for landscaping the garden. They should blend with the environment within the garden and the natural environment, either as a central scenic spot or as an individual small scenic spot easy to access. Anyway they should be a finishing touch.
The Chinese garden architectures are characterized by taking advantage of the environment so that the natural scenes and human interest could be merged. The classic garden architectures are often embellished with calligraphy of poems on the pavilion pillars and with paintings on some blank walls. They shun symmetry along an axis and adopt an irregular and complicated layout with plenty of large and small spaces. The appearance of a garden building should be aesthetic and expressive, and enhance the beauty of the surroundings. In its details, exquisite decorative means should be made use of, such as pretty guardrails, patterned windows, grilles, etc.　
A garden building is a place for viewing the scenery within or beyond the garden and is often a key point to beautify the garden. So both the orientation of the buildings, such the main hall and the pavilions, and the positions of its various entrances and windows, should be taken into consideration before the project is launched.  The viewing angles and the routes often serve as a turning corner which gives people a surprise to find a complete different scene inside the garden.
Famous Chinese garden architectures include Chengde Summer Palace, Liu Garden in Suzhou, etc.