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!

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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)