Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Part I. Modern Life in the Colonial Period
7. 1. The First Urbanization 3
8. 2. The Genesis of Urban Housing 23
9. 3. Architecture and the Introduction of New Materials 36
10. Part II.. Searching for Identity in the Developmental Period
11. 4. Urban Expansion and the Construction Boom 51
12. 5. New Urban Housing 70
13. 6. The Quest for Architectural Identity 81
14. 7. The Semantics of Technology 97
15. Part III. From Modernization to Globalization
16. 8. Discovering Reality 111
17. 9. New Paradigms for Urban Design 126
18. Epilogue: A Correlative Architecture between the Void and the Solid 142
19. Appendix: Profiles of Korean Architects and Planners 145
20. Notes 153
21. Bibliography 167
22. Index 185