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Historic Cities in East Asia

Possibly the greatest single work of man on the face of the earth is Peking  (Beijing)......
Edmund N. Bacon, in his book 'Design of Cities'



The East Asian Countries have many wonderful historic cities which have been so brilliant in design and culture. They have been an indicator of the state of Asian civilization. Besides their tradition, the east Asian Cities are deemed to have been developing a new urbanism in 20th century which is unique enough to distinguish them from the western cities.

The dualistic structure of the East Asian cities in the 20th century     Korean      Italian

Here, ATA recommends 10 cities and their websites in each east Asian country. And some articles on the critical issues related to the cities are presented by ATA. Click and enjoy the cities!

Fascinated with the cities? Are you going there? Then, first of all, let's check today's weather there!

 

Historic Cities in Korea

Busan

Gangreung

Gyeongju

Jeju

Jeonju

Pyongyang

Suwon

Buyeo     For the creative continuity of past and future (Korean)
Gongiu  Gongju CBD Map (as of Jan. 2006)
             
The Traditional House Type at the Housing Site of the Gongju's Civic Center

Seoul     Moon Village (Dal-dongne, the squatter area under redevelopment process)

Taejon    A  Research on the Lot Pattern and House Type at the Housing Sites in Daejeon Old CBD 
               The situation of dwelling in the old CBD of Taejon (Korean)          Taejon CBD Map (as of May, 2000)
               
Relocated Power; Taejon City under Transformation (Korean)
               Taejon Old CBD (Taejon MBC TV Documentary; Korean) 

 

Beijing    aerial photo + map (Ming, Qing Dynasty)

Chengdu

Haerbin

Shanghai     Essay on Shanghai (Korean)

Suzhou     Essay on Suzhou (Korean)

Chengde

Dunhuang

Hangzhou

Shaoxing

Tianjin

Historic Cities in China

Xian     Essay on Xian (PDF; Korean)    Should Xian's Old Buildings be Redeveloped or Not?  (PDF; Chinese)

 

Historic Cities in Japan

Fukuoka

Kumamoto

Kyoto     Essay on Kyoto (PDF; Korean)

Nara

Yokohama

Kobe

Kurashiki

Nagoya

Osaka

Tokyo