Architecture of South Korea

South Korean Architecture refers to any architectures in South Korea which includes architectures from Neolithic–7th century (B.C.E.), three-kingdoms of Korea, Goryeo, Joseon, Japanese occupation, Korean War, and modern architectures.

Located in Seoul is the Gwangtonggwan, the oldest continuously-operating bank building in Korea. It was registered as one of city's protected monuments on March 5, 2001.

Joseon Architecture

A typical yangban house in Gangneung.

Trees and flowers were carefully arranged to make a nice view.

Seongyojang, a grandiose country house for a prominent yangban family in Gangneung.

The presence of gulttuk or chimney is a unique characteristic of Korean architecture which is rarely found in its other Asian counterparts.

Entrance to house.

Changdeokgung or Changdeok Royal Palace.

Another pavilion in Changdeok Royal Palace.

Gyeongbokgung or Gyeongbok Royal Palace.

American models heavily influenced new Korean buildings of any importance, with domestic architecture both civil and rural keeping to traditional buildings, building techniques, and using local materials, and local vernacular styles. The pragmatic need to rebuild a country devastated by exploitative colonization, then a civil war, led to ad hoc buildings with no particular styles, extended repeatedly, and a factory system of simple cheap expendable buildings. As few Korean cities had a grid-system, and were often given limits by mountains, few if any urban landscapes had a sense of distinction; by the mid-1950s, rural areas were underfunded, urban areas overfilled, and urban sprawl began with little money to build distinctive important buildings.

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