Asian Historical Architecture

Asian Historical Architecture (Orientalarchitecture.com) is a photographic survey of Asia’s architectural heritage told through 5,500 photos of 394 sites in 15 Asian countries, accompanied by extensive background information and innovative “virtual tours”. The intent of the site is to promote a greater understanding of Asian architecture through images, site plans, and descriptive text. Many different contributors submitted the original images, with the well‐researched text collected by those editing the project.

Orientalarchitecture.com began in 1998 as a collaboration between Timothy M. Ciccone and Abraham C. Ahm at the University of Virginia, following a summer program to Beijing. The site was initially...