A tale of blue cities
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ARCH : the Asian magazine of architecture, design and visual communications, v.1, no.2, 1988, pp. 112-125
Abstract
The development of water-based town planning is a recurrent theme in the history of Southeast Asia. In Thailand the evidence is particularly eloquent. The following extract from Sumet Jumsai's book "Naga: cultural origins in Siam and the West Pacific" provides a fascinating insight into the way in which the concept of 'naga-land' (the water countries) is interpreted in the 'water towns'. This material has been released exclusively to ARCH.
(1) Khmer City planning
(2) Making the Khmer City Thai
(3) Ancient towns in Siam
(4) Conch city planning
(5) Amphibious settlements
(6) Ayudhya's symbolic beginning
(7) The town plan of Ayudhya
(8) The floating city: Bangkok
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1988
Language
en