[Geun, Kim Swoo] Osamu Murai / Yoshima, Junzu / Chang, S.

Kim Swoo Geun – Korean Architect. With Photos by Osamu Murai and Essays by Kim Swoo Geun, Junzu Yoshima and S.Chang. [SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Kim Swoo Geun to Danish Translator and Writer Erik Haugaard].

Bilingual Edition in Japanese – English. Japan, 1979. Quarto (23 cm wide x 30 cm high). 160 pages with illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare signed edition by Korea’s most famous architect !

With Essays by:

1. Kim Swoo Geun – “Masan Cathedral – Encounter with God″
2. Junzo Yoshimura – “Heart of Architecture″
3. S.Chang – “S.G.K.″
4. Fumitaka Nishizawa + Kim Swoo Geun: “Dialogue: Korean Culture and Japanese Culture – their backgrounds and Space″
5. Data of Works: “Chronological Diagram of Works″

Kim Swoo Geun (February 20, 1931 – June 14, 1986) was a prominent South Korean architect, educator, publisher and patron of artists. Along with architect Kim Chung-up, he is recognised as a significant contributor in the history of Korean architecture. With his support for diverse art genres of Korean culture, he was referred to as Lorenzo de Medici of Seoul by TIME in 1977.

Kim designed over 200 projects inside and outside of South Korea during his lifetime. His representative works include “SPACE Group building” (1978), “Masan Yangdeok Catholic Church” (1979), “Jinju National Museum” (1986) and “Olympic Main Stadium” (1987), which feature his characteristic view of architecture as well as Korean traditional elements.

Kim commenced publishing the monthly SPACE in 1966, the first general art journal of South Korea which contributes to recording and distributing Korean culture. Kim also established SPACE Love in 1978, a small theater inside of the Space group building and built the SPACE Gallery in 1972, all of which has played an important role for numerous South Korean cultural campaigns. With his contributions crossing over into many diverse genres, Kim is regarded a seminal cultural activist, trying to integrate architecture and other genres of artistic expression.

After Kim Swoo Geun died in 1986, a victim of liver cancer at the age of 55, the Kim Swoo Geun Foundation was established in his memory.

According to Park Gil-ryong, a professor of Kukmin University, Kim was the first in South Korea to proclaim that architecture has to have its own concept and philosophy. The architect Min Hyun Sik said Kim Swoo Geun lived with the consciousness of how to effectively convey and adapt Korean tradition into contemporary architecture. It was his grand obsession. His achievement as an educator was in mentoring Kim Won, Ryu Chun-su, Min Hyun Sik, Lee Jong-ho, Seung Hyo-sang into being prominent architects, regarded as significant as well. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Architecture · Architecture – Rare · Catalogue Twentyfive – Architecture · Inscribed · Korean Architecture · Korean Art · Signed
• Language: Japanese - English
• Inventory Number: 32519AB

EUR 2.500,--