Tower: Square, Tiered, Tapering at the Top

A square brick tower. The tower body is divided into four to six layers from bottom to top, each layer distinguished by different brick patterns: the lowest layer is plain, followed sequentially by blind arches, diamond grids, sawtooth bands, and openwork decorative bricks; layers are separated by horizontal lines of corbelling. Openings become more numerous and larger towards the top, with the top layer being an open bell tower or observation deck on all four sides, topped by a low hipped tile roof or a brick parapet. Avoid: using the same pattern from top to bottom on the tower body; making the tower round; using onion domes and spires; making the size of openings consistent from top to bottom.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座方形的磚砌塔。塔身從下往上分成四到六層,每一層用不同的磚砌圖案區分:最下層是素面,往上依序是盲拱、菱形網格、鋸齒帶、鏤空花磚;層與層之間以疊澀的水平線分開。愈往上開口愈多愈大,頂層是四面開敞的鐘樓或觀景層,頂上是低矮的四坡瓦頂或磚砌的女兒牆。避免:讓塔身從上到下使用同一種圖案、把塔做成圓形、使用洋蔥頂與尖塔、讓開口的大小從上到下一致。