Abstract: China is in the process of rapid urbanization and urban renewal. The research of urban expansion has mostly focused on the border expansion, while that of the pattern changes caused by the internal transformation of the city is insufficient. With the aid of remote sensing and GIS technology, this paper analyzed the characterization of landscape changes of the architectural landscape in old industrial zone in Tiexi District, Shenyang, from the indicators of architectural landscape, statistical analysis, architectural landscape renewal pattern as well as the spatial autocorrelation of building average height. The results showed that from 1997 to 2011, the major buildings were multistory ones. The number of single storey buildings and low layer ones decreased, but the number of multistory, highrise and super highrise ones increased. The architectural landscape expanded in the vertical direction, and the building capability was improved. The building energy consumption was reduced. The renewal of architectural landscape was related to regional transportation, the distance from the center of the city and the type of land use. The spatial distribution of the average height of buildings was related to the land use type and the distance from the city center. In this process, understanding the change pattern of the old industrial zone can provide a useful reference for the urban planning and architecture renewal of the old industrial area.