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The Demotorisation of Japan

mrbarham wrote 12 months ago: Lately we have been hearing a lot about how important it is for our cities and for the planet that a … more →

Tags: City Life, Public Transit, transportation systems, Urban Issues

Neighbourhood News Jan 5th

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: The Christian Science Montior In China, overambition reins in eco-city plans If all had gone to plan … more →

Tags: Neighbourhood News, sustainable urbanism, power systems

The South will rise again! Looking at Korean Apartments

themightyfin wrote 1 year ago: There are not many people who would argue that North Korea will make a comeback and outshine their S … more →

Tags: Residential Spaces, urban density, North Korea, South Korea, Kim Il-sung, park chung-hee

NVS: Infrastructure Development Plan - Beijing China

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: An airborne trip through Beijing detailing an infrastructure plan for the future of the city. It is … more →

Tags: Neighbourhood Video Series, urban infrastructure

The New Village movement or What's the name of the dictator that helped build Granny's?

themightyfin wrote 1 year ago: Believe it or not, this is part 2 in my history of the development of Korea. So gather ’round, … more →

Tags: Urban Issues, historical discourse, development series, Korea, syngman rhee, Park Jung Hee

The battle of the Super towers1 comment

themightyfin wrote 1 year ago: It’s always said that a guy who has a big skyscraper has a big … investment portfolio. S … more →

Tags: Architectural Spotlight, busan, Incheon, Korea, Lotte World, Seoul, Skyscrapers, Songdo Incheon towers, urban density

Contemporary Seoul Architecture: An Introduction1 comment

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: Contemporary Seoul Architecture by Jessica Ihn + Jang-Yun Kim The Korean version of the article (tra … more →

Tags: Writings, Architecture, Jean Nouvel, Rem Koolhaas, Oma, hadid, Korea, Seoul, Asia

Ewha Uni Campus Centre, Dominique Perrault

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: Case Studies in Urban Practice, Seoul: Campus Centre at Ewha University, Dominique PerraultSeodaemun … more →

Tags: Architecture, Urban Design, Seoul, Asia, Dominique Perrault

Museum of Art at SNU, OMA

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: Case studies in Urban Practice, Seoul: Case Study 2:Museum of Art at Seoul National University, OMAG … more →

Tags: Architecture, Oma, Seoul, Asia

Seoul Commune 2026, Mass Studies

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: Case studies in Urban Practice, Seoul: Case Study 1:Seoul Commune 2026, MASS STUDIESApgujong-dong, S … more →

Tags: Architecture, Urban Design, Seoul, Asia, Towers in the Park, Seoul Commune 2026, Mass Studies, honeycomb structures, Apgujong

Parking at the Department Store, Asian Style1 comment

mrbarham wrote 1 year ago: A Walmart Store Containing its own Parking! OMG! It has often been bemoaned by Cyclists, New Urbanis … more →

Tags: Architectural Spotlight, urban form, Parking, Urban Issues

North Korea's "Hotel of Doom" wakes from its coma

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: North Korea’s “Hotel of Doom” wakes from its coma – Yahoo! News I’d fo … more →

Tags: Korea, Asia, ryugyong, North Korea, Extraneo

Topographic Maps, Korea 1950 -

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: Old Maps – Korea Maps of the Korean Peninsula drawn by the U.S. Army Map Service, 1950 – … more →

Tags: Korea, Asia, Mapping

Salacious Seoul - Mapping Techniques: UAL

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: Salacious Seoul – An preliminary investigation into red light typologies and their distribution. Urb … more →

Tags: Seoul, Urban Phenomena, Red Light Districts, Urban Architecture Laboratory, UAL

Mapping techniques - Advanced Architectures: Seoul

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: Advanced Architectures: INTERPRETATION:Advanced Architecture techniques are used to graphically repr … more →

Tags: Seoul, Mapping, Systems, Urban Phenomena, Advanced Architectures

Mapping techniques - X Field: Seoul

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: X-Field: INTERPRETATION: X-Field mapping techniques are used to represent physical landscapes and ho … more →

Tags: Urban Design, Seoul, Mapping, Geography, x Field

Korea’s Dark Half - Strange Maps

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: This image has been floating around the net for a while – a stark reminder of where North … more →

Tags: Korea, Mapping

‘tokyo in a box’ @ urban-ism

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: Picture-postcard-perfect Tokyo-in-a-box: ‘tokyo in a box’ @ urban-ism … more →

Tags: Miscellanea

Land Form and Infrastructure

jessicain wrote 1 year ago: Asian Architecture + Urbanism > Week 3Xishu Bookstore, Architect: Atelier FCJZ / Yung Ho Chang[re … more →

Tags: Asia, Beijing, China, FCJZ


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