, ▁including ▁the ▁National ▁O il ▁P ain ting ▁Compet ition ▁and ▁National ▁Phot ography ▁Compet ition . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁it ▁was ▁visited ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁Observ atory ▁Group ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁leaders ▁and ▁represent atives ▁of ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Pacific ▁Union ▁and ▁the ▁rest oration ▁of ▁ 3 1 2 ▁oil ▁paint ings ▁in ▁the ▁former ▁cons ulate ▁and ▁surrounding ▁area ▁was ▁completed . ▁ ▁The ▁building ▁ ▁The ▁Cons ulate ▁was ▁designed ▁by ▁a ▁British ▁architect ▁and ▁built ▁by ▁Mc Ph ail ▁& ▁Co . ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 5 ▁using ▁Chinese ▁architect s . ▁The ▁materials ▁were ▁sh ipped ▁over ▁from ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Am oy ▁( now ▁X iam en ) ▁across ▁the ▁Taiwan ▁Stra it . ▁The ▁architecture ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁Renaissance , ▁providing ▁a ▁technical ▁and ▁sty list ic ▁basis ▁for ▁later ▁Western ▁buildings ▁in ▁Taiwan , ▁and ▁makes ▁use ▁of ▁many ▁arch es . ▁There ▁are ▁two ▁flo ors . ▁ ▁Transport ation ▁The ▁building ▁is ▁accessible ▁within ▁walking ▁distance ▁West ▁from ▁S iz ih wan ▁Station ▁of ▁the ▁Ka oh si ung ▁M RT . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁museum s ▁in ▁Taiwan ▁ ▁Sh ous han ▁( K a oh si ung ) ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Official ▁Site ▁( English ) ▁ ▁ka oh si ung walk ing . kc g . gov . tw ▁ ▁http :// www . t aka oc lub . com / cons ulate /