During Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens this week, 63 countries the world over convene on the chain of canal-incised islands to survey the state of design as it coincides with development, ...

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The Korea Foundation, a government-affiliated nonprofit that fosters cultural exchange and public diplomacy, will host a ...

For the first time in the United States, visitors to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art can enjoy a remarkable group of roof-ridge ornaments that were fashionable in Korea more than 1,000 ...

The 3rd annual Korean Studies Symposium at the University at Buffalo (UB), State University of New York, took place on October 18-19, 2024. The event was organized by the Asia Research Institute and ...

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Roof tiles made of fired clay are key elements of traditional Korean architecture. They not only protected wooden structures from the weather; they also carried aesthetic value and symbolic meaning.

Korea is taking part in the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy. The theme chosen by the event's artistic director, architect Hashim Sarkis, is "How will we live together?" This phrase takes a ...

Kim Bong-ryol, president of Korean National University of Arts, gave a lecture on the history of wooden architecture in Korea, at the Hungarian ambassador’s residence in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on Tuesday.

South Korean architect Moon Hoon walks through his newest project with a sense of mischief. Tracing the bright yellow lines with his finger, he says, “Architecture has been about reality, but also ...