Early Modern Architecture in Korea
Building typologies at the outset of Korea’s opening in the nineteenth century widely varied between rudimentary and engineered. Cultural influenceContinue Reading
The American Oriental Engineering and Construction Company was a building products supplier of sorts founded in Seoul in the earlyContinue Reading
In certain academic and religious circles, architect Henry Bauld Gordon (1854-1951) has been recognized as having a noteworthy role inContinue Reading
One of the earliest references to Korea getting a modern, dedicated association building was printed in an annual report forContinue Reading
At the turn of the twentieth century, Seoul was filled with a variety of contractors and craftsmen from abroad. TheContinue Reading
UPDATE – October 12, 2019: This essay is now better described as a collaborative text, having been updated with contentContinue Reading
Land and property ownership in Korea between the 1880s-1900s was somewhat chaotic. Due in part to locals’ unpreparedness, the situationContinue Reading
Explore the origins of Seoul’s most iconic religious structure in Volume 93 of Transactions, published this year by the Royal AsiaticContinue Reading
Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, the building and infrastructural demands of Western merchants on the Bund at Shanghai gave riseContinue Reading
Early modern architecture in Japan went through a series of distinct phases. One of these phases was a certain kindContinue Reading
The Imperial Crown Style was a genre of Japanese modernist architecture generally found in 1930s-1940s government buildings. It appears toContinue Reading
Before the rise of reinforced concrete, brick was the heart and soul of many an early modern building in Korea.Continue Reading
Miryang sits in a basin made by the Nakdong River which, though fairly mountainous, is just above an important plainContinue Reading
Cheongdo The county of Cheongdo (Cheongdo-gun) was named centuries before Korea’s early modern period back in 1343. Its modern administrativeContinue Reading
Despite being set apart from the rest of Busan, the island of Gadeok-do actually falls under the jurisdiction of theContinue Reading
Gangseo-gu In 1927, socialist writer Cho Myeong-hui described the Nakdong River as being “the mother’s milk of many lives” inContinue Reading
Nam-gu The majority of the hill houses in Uam-dong and Munhyeon-dong appear to be from the 1960s, with perhaps a handfulContinue Reading
Seo-gu In the early 1900s, the West New Town project that was developed inside present day Seo-gu and part ofContinue Reading
Colonial Korea