The Garden City Movement in Asia: Evolution and Modern Legacies


Kampung Admiralty / Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl + WOHA. Image Courtesy of WOHA

Kampung Admiralty / Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl + WOHA. Image Courtesy of WOHA

Ebenezer Howard’s verdant visions for cities have spread eastwards, far beyond his British roots. In the 1900s, city planning welcomed the Garden City Movement as a champion of good design – a response to Western industrial urbanization. Soon, Asian cities conceived their archetypes, juggling local constraints in climate and density. Designs and development, from colonial-era experiments to contemporary mega-projects, have embraced and reinvented Howard’s vision well into the 21st century.

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