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

Wainwright, Oliver

ISBN 10: 1912018748 / ISBN 13: 9781912018741

Published by Blue Crow Media, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pyongyang Architecture Map: Guide to the Modern Architecture of Pyongyang (Blue Crow Media Architecture Maps)
• Publisher: Blue Crow Media
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1912018748
• ISBN 13: 9781912018741
• Condition: New

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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.

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.