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Out of the ordinary: Sook Hee Chun, WISE Architecture, South KoreaSubscription
Women in Architecture Moira Gemmill Prize shortlist 2018: Sook Hee Chun of WISE Architecture combines the virtues of Seoul’s everyday architecture with a sense of materiality to create structures that are works of art in themselves
STPMJ: ‘In Korea, architecture was not seen as a profession that synthesises cultural, social and environmental aspects’Subscription
With one foot in South Korea and the other in New York, the work of Seung Teak Lee and Mi Jung Lim is a hybridisation of East and West
Outrage: Zones charting unhappy political realities should not be turned into tasteless tourist spectaclesSubscription
Separating North and South Korea, the curious no man’s land of the Demilitarised Zone has become a political theme park
Northern accent: Urbanism and ephemera in North KoreaSubscription
Going beyond military threat, famine and dictatorship discussions, two new books give a more multi-faceted sense of North Korea
AR February 2018 on KoreaSubscription
Kim Swoo Geun | David Chipperfield Architects | CoRe Architects | STPMJ | Kim Jong Kyu | Mass Studies | Iroje | Byoungsoo Cho | Sewoon Sangga | Paju Book City | Typology: Bathhouse
Editorial: Architecture can flourish in the most difficult circumstancesSubscription
The transformation of the Yongsan US Garrison into a parkland proves that architecture can overcome a history of occupation, war and an uneasy truce
Folio: Moon HoonSubscription
Visionary architect Moon Hoon’s drawing represents the vernacular as an island distanced from the high-tech of mainland Korea
Folio: Joseon dynasty royal banquetSubscription
Paintings of royal banquets were produced to foster political stability by highlighting the proper way to govern people and promoting the Confucian virtues of filial piety and respect for one’s elders
Brought to book: the Paju Book City storySubscription
The reality of Paju Book City today is far from the architectural utopia promised by ARU’s Youlhwadang Book Hall nearly a decade ago
Britain in Seoul: The path to Korean modernitySubscription
Creating surreal pockets of Victorian Britain in the megalopolis of Seoul, the UK played a significant role in the formative years of Korea’s modernisation
Mak and bium: imperfection and emptiness in Korean aetheticsSubscription
The informal spontaneity of mak and poignant vacancy of bium permeate both aesthetics and way of life in Korea
Kim Swoo Geun (1931-1986)Subscription
Behind the enigma of the father of Korean architecture was an edifice of a modern architect who practised what he preached
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