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Abstract Since 1958, the mainland of China has carried out pilot construction of fully-assembled reinforced concrete houses. After 1982, the reinforced concrete houses have turned into the main structural form of housing construction in China. According to statistics from Taiwan Construction and Planning Agency, every year 2,6527.8 new buildings would rise up from 2011 to 2018. Among them, 21,302 are concrete buildings, a proportion of 80.3% of the total construction, followed by 3994.8 steel buildings and 764.8 steel reinforced concrete buildings with a proportion of 15% and 2.9%, respectively. Both sides cross the Taiwan Strait have been trapped by the problem of structural simplification. To be specific, concrete buildings have deprived of cultural characteristics of a city and also exerted negative impact on the environment. In the past three decades, concrete buildings have gradually replaced traditional buildings, being the main architectural form on both sides of the Strait. Different materials and structures, though with distinctive advantages, cannot be applied reasonably now. The paper mainly adopts the method of literature collection, supplemented by questionnaire surveys and interviews. Then from six aspects of construction laws and regulations on both sides of the Strait, university education curriculum, public psychology, construction plant technology, construction cost, and structural design technology, the paper tends to analyze the influencing factors and reasons for the simplification of construction structures on both sides of the Strait, as well as their similarities and differences. According to the research results, it can be concluded that the reasons for the simplification of construction structures on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are different in details, but they are generally similar in aspects as follows: 1. Relevant laws and regulations impose limitations on traditional structures. 2. Universities give little attention to the study of materials and structures. 3. The public do not trust traditional structures and lack environmental protection awareness. 4. The loss of traditional technology leads to high or unpredictable construction cost. 5. Construction firms and structural technician firms mainly serve real estate companies, whose commercial interests cannot be fully satisfied by traditional structures.
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