{"product_id":"brutalist-korea-a-photographic-tour-of-post-war-japanese-architecture","title":"Brutalist Korea - A Photographic Tour of Post-War Japanese Architecture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-body clearfix\" id=\"left-rail-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9783791393100 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrutalist Korea - A Photographic Tour of Post-War Japanese Architecture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this elegant follow-up to the bestselling\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBrutalist Japan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Paul Tulett brings his distinctive eye to South Korea’s post-war architecture, capturing the austere beauty of concrete across cities and decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBrutalist Korea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e features more than 220 full-color images of buildings from Seoul to Busan, Daegu to Daejeon. These include government complexes, university campuses, cultural institutions, and public housing—structures shaped by a period of rapid industrialization and national rebuilding, rendered here with clarity and nuance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKorean Brutalism emerged in the 1960s and ’70s, informed by modernist ideals and adapted to local conditions. Architects such as Kim Swoo-geun, Lee Jong- sup, Choi Maeng-gi, and Seung H-Sang designed buildings that combined geometric severity with regional sensitivity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheir work reflects a desire for permanence and purpose, and for an architectural identity rooted in both function and expression. Tulett’s photographs reveal not only the formal qualities of these buildings—modular repetition, raw surfaces, monumental scale—but also their relationship to the landscape, their weathering over time, and their place in Korea’s evolving visual culture. With informed, understated commentary, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBrutalist Korea\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoffers a rare visual journey through a style often misunderstood and increasingly at risk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e260x210\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e240 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-also-in-series\"\u003e\u003ca id=\"alsoinseries\" name=\"#alsoinseries\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-also-by-author\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-author-spotlights\"\u003e\u003ca id=\"author\" name=\"#author\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-second-product-detail\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"right-rail\" id=\"right-rail-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-return-id=\"mobile-second-product-detail\" id=\"desktop-second-product-detail\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"productdetails\" name=\"#productdetails\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot scnd-prod-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"scnd-detail\" class=\"product-author-also-by\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57852069151104,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2009\/7115\/files\/brutalistkorea_1_a939d097-c549-45d3-a8e1-44dc41809730.jpg?v=1783421887","url":"https:\/\/unitom.info\/products\/brutalist-korea-a-photographic-tour-of-post-war-japanese-architecture","provider":"UNITOM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}