"Russian Architecture Prototype” in the Role of Shaping the Form of Contemporary Architecture in Harbin

The paper tries to use the idea of architecture typology basing on the theory of prototype to analyze the “Russian architecture prototype” wildly distributed in Harbin, which is representative by “Russian building”, and discuss the “Russian architecture prototype” in the role of shaping the form of contemporary architecture in Harbin. We wish to summarize the former experience and provide reference for architectural creation in Harbin in the future.