Through a systematic treatment of architectural design and construction, building science and technology, garden design, and city planning, the subject examines the history of South, Southeast, and East Asian architecture as a whole. These three key themes are sustainability, tradition, and modernity & globalisation. These themes will serve as a framework for the weekly lectures and projects, which will go from the development of a fundamental theoretical framework to the analysis of particular examples. Through research posters and oral presentations, students will gain knowledge of Asian architecture and urbanisation and interpret Asian architectural language.