Author Archives: Sueminn Sage Cho

In Korea’s shadows: light and shade in traditional Korean architecture

By Byoung-soo Cho and Sueminn Sage Cho 14 September 2021 Korea

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Light does not exist without darkness in traditional Korean architecture

Mak and bium: imperfection and emptiness in Korean aethetics

26 January 2018 By Byoungsoo Cho

The informal spontaneity of mak and poignant vacancy of bium permeate both aesthetics and way of…

Remote control: Álvaro Siza in South Korea

3 December 2019 By Philip Christou

Although sometimes thousands of miles from his studio in Porto, the buildings…

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Editorial: what we do in the shadows

31 March 2020 By Manon Mollard

From sleep to dancing to shady behaviours, the April issue looks at…

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Critical distance: redistributing Korean criticism

19 August 2020 By Hyungmin Pai

The Korean condition exists in an anxious and uneven field of possibility,…

AR Reading List 023: Korea

21 August 2020 By AR Editors

The latest instalment of our new series of AR Reading Lists: seven…

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