Byoung Cho: My Life as an Architect in Seoul by Byoung Cho
THAMES & HUDSON
In the almost three decades since Byoung Cho founded BCHO Architects Associates, he has built a reputation as one of the key players in the expansion of one of the world’s most densely populated cities. He is also the general director of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2023. In , the second in a series that began with Kengo Kuma’s , Cho discusses the buildings and districts of Seoul that have most influenced him. The book is split by district, each one introduced with a warm personal reflection by Cho before the individual buildings are discussed — ranging from Cho’s projects to a 12th-century shrine to a paintbrush and paper shop and a large concrete box. Cho’s writing deftly combines personal memories and cultural references with physical detail,
