Kim Swoo-geun
김수근
Korea
One of the two founders of modern Korean architecture. He published SPACE magazine and ran a gallery and theatre in his own office building, and TIME magazine called him Seoul's Lorenzo de' Medici. His dark brick buildings and the curving Olympic Stadium are all over Seoul.
From Wikipedia
Kim Swoo Geun 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.
From Wikipedia: Kim Swoo-geun, opening section, lightly shortened. CC BY-SA 4.0
Buildings in Seoul
- Sewoon Sangga (1967)
- Arario Museum in Space (1971)
- ARKO Art Center (1979)
- Kyungdong Presbyterian Church (1981)
- Seoul Olympic Stadium (1984)