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JAPANESE OCCUPATION (1910 ~ 1935)

  • Japan colonizes Korea to compete with Europe's and America's race to occupy less developed, resource-rich countries
  • Korea's indigenous culture is suppressed
  • Various forms of modernization & Westernization take shape 
  • European, Japanese, and  a few Chinese architects mainly shape the Korea's built environment during this era 
  • Korean architects begin to emerge around 1930's

(This is a preview version. Last updated April 26, 2012.)