The American Oriental Engineering and Construction Company (1910s)
The American Oriental Engineering and Construction Company was a building products supplier of sorts founded in Seoul in the earlyContinue Reading
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Culture House Thought in Colonial Korea (1920s-1940s)
By the 1920s, Korea’s urban spaces had become aesthetically diverse. Remaining buildings typified by nineteenth century East Asian open-port architecture,Continue Reading
The Influence of Giyōfū Architecture and 19th Century Japan on Early Modern Korea
Almost a decade after Charles M. Dyce characterized the compradoric style of Chinese open ports, a Japanese art critic coinedContinue Reading
Tatsuno Kingo: The Face of an Empire
Early modern architecture in Japan went through a series of distinct phases. One of these phases was a certain kindContinue Reading
Traces of the Imperial Crown Style in Colonial Korea
The Imperial Crown Style was a genre of Japanese modernist architecture generally found in 1930s-1940s government buildings. It appears toContinue Reading
The Chosun Hotel
Once called “the Ritz Hotel of the Far East”,1 the Chosen Hotel was, for a time, the last word inContinue Reading
Art Deco Architecture in Korea
Art Deco architecture in Korea, which came during the colonial period, is an extremely understudied topic. Some are of theContinue Reading
Railway Quarters
The birth of Korea’s railways has been commented on by a number of Westerners living in Korea, including missionary doctorContinue Reading
Gampo
Korea’s eastern coastline is home to a number of port villages that were developed by migrant Japanese settlers during theContinue Reading
Colonial Korea 