Earth works : houses /
A new monograph on Korea's most important architect, offering an exclusive look at his rarely published houses.Earth Works: Houses by Byoung Cho offers a unique glimpse into the residential buildings of one of Korea's most influential architects. This visually stunning monograph combines p...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York, NY :
Thames and Hudson,
2026.
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| Summary: | A new monograph on Korea's most important architect, offering an exclusive look at his rarely published houses.Earth Works: Houses by Byoung Cho offers a unique glimpse into the residential buildings of one of Korea's most influential architects. This visually stunning monograph combines photography, plans, drawings, paintings and models to provide an exclusive overview of this rarely published aspect of Byoung's work.Focused entirely around fifteen private and rarely seen residences, the book takes as its starting point some of his earliest projects - Concrete Box House (2004) and Earth House (2009) - which explore the emotional impact of place through low-intervention and minimalist rural structures. At its core, this book aims to intertwine the theoretical underpinnings of land architecture with practical project descriptions, creating a holistic narrative that bridges the conceptual and the concrete. "This contemplative monograph brings together fifteen houses in Korea, each one defined by its quiet dialogue with the ground on, or in, which it sits. These simple, pared-back structures are deeply informed by and reflect the Korean principles of mahk and bium -- imperfection and emptiness."-- Page 4 of cover. |
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| Item Description: | Text by Byoung Soo Cho. Additional essay by Jin-Young Lim. |
| Physical Description: | 322 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), plans ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780500029367 0500029369 |