Pyongyang Architecture Map: Guide to the Modern Architecture of Pyongyang (Blue Crow Media Architecture Maps)

Wainwright, Oliver

 
9781912018741: Pyongyang Architecture Map: Guide to the Modern Architecture of Pyongyang (Blue Crow Media Architecture Maps)
ISBN 10: 1912018748 ISBN 13: 9781912018741
Publisher: Blue Crow Media, 2020

Synopsis

Discover the remarkably original architecture of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, with this two-sided bilingual guide including a map, details of over 50 buildings, an introduction and photography by Oliver Wainwright.

The buildings included on the map, ranging from 1948 to today, reflect the principles of the Hermit Kingdom's three leaders since the end of the Korean War: the distinctive socialist-realism under Kim Il Sung, an expressive modernisation under Kim Jong Il and today's socialist fairyland of Kim Jong Un. The map presents an architectural city unlike any elsewhere.

The map is written and includes photography by Wainwright, and is translated into Northern style Korean by Dongwoo Yim.

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About the Author

Oliver Wainwright is the Guardian's architecture and design critic. Trained as an architect, he has worked for a number of practices, both in the UK and overseas, and written extensively on architecture and design for many international publications. He is also a visiting critic at several architecture schools.

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Publisher
Blue Crow Media
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1912018748
ISBN 13 
9781912018741
Binding
Map
Number of pages
2