{"id":67086,"date":"2025-08-01T13:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T18:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:10:24","slug":"seoul-urban-architecture","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/seoul-urban-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul Urban Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rising from the Crushing Bowl<\/em><\/strong> is a powerful and original study of Seoul’s urban and architectural evolution, told through the lens of an architect who has lived and worked in the city for over four decades. In his book, which is part memoir, part cultural history, and part urban analysis, Sung Hong Kim traces how South Korea’s capital—once a walled city shaped by Confucian ideals—has become a sprawling, vertical metropolis marked by rapid modernisation, deep structural contradictions, and a fierce, creative resilience.<\/p>\n

Organised into four parts, Kim surveys Seoul’s urban landscape from the late 14th century to the aftermath of the Korean War, illuminating the layers of occupation, destruction, and imposed planning that have shaped the city’s foundation. Throughout, he questions what it means to build a life and a practice in a city that never quite feels like home. His reflections on displacement, constraint, and ingenuity speak to a broader global condition faced by architects and urban dwellers alike: how to find meaning and agency within environments shaped by forces beyond their control.<\/p>\n

At once personal and panoramic, Rising from the Crushing Bowl<\/em><\/strong> offers a vital perspective on Seoul as a city of paradoxes, where fragments of history coexist with radical new forms, and where the uneven fabric of urban life reveals the story of a nation that has risen, forcefully and unevenly, from the ruins of war and colonisation to become a cultural and economic powerhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A powerful and original study of Seoul’s urban and architectural evolution from the 14th century to the present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":74806,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5559],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67086","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-landscape-design","7":"author-by-author-sung-hong-kim","8":"publisher-park-books","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSeoul Urban Architecture - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: Seoul Urban Architecture, Pages: 336 Pages, Publish Date: 17th Mar 2026, Author: Sung Hong Kim, ISBN: 9783038604662. A powerful and original study of Seoul’s urban and architectural evolution from the 14th century to the present.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seoul Urban Architecture - ACC Art Books UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Title: Seoul Urban Architecture, Pages: 336 Pages, Publish Date: 17th Mar 2026, Author: Sung Hong Kim, ISBN: 9783038604662. A powerful and original study of Seoul’s urban and architectural evolution from the 14th century to the present.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ACC Art Books UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-18T18:10:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@accartbooks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/\",\"name\":\"Seoul Urban Architecture - ACC Art Books UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783038604662-04-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-01T13:11:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-18T18:10:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"Title: Seoul Urban Architecture, Pages: 336 Pages, Publish Date: 17th Mar 2026, Author: Sung Hong Kim, ISBN: 9783038604662. A powerful and original study of Seoul’s urban and architectural evolution from the 14th century to the present.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783038604662-04-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783038604662-04-2.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1694},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Books\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/books\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Seoul Urban Architecture\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/\",\"name\":\"ACC Art Books UK\",\"description\":\"One of the world\u2019s leading publishers and distributors of books on the arts and visual culture\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ACC Art Books UK\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png\",\"width\":64,\"height\":100,\"caption\":\"ACC Art Books UK\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/accartbooks\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Seoul Urban Architecture - ACC Art Books UK","description":"Title: Seoul Urban Architecture, Pages: 336 Pages, Publish Date: 17th Mar 2026, Author: Sung Hong Kim, ISBN: 9783038604662. A powerful and original study of Seoul’s urban and architectural evolution from the 14th century to the present.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Seoul Urban Architecture - ACC Art Books UK","og_description":"Title: Seoul Urban Architecture, Pages: 336 Pages, Publish Date: 17th Mar 2026, Author: Sung Hong Kim, ISBN: 9783038604662. A powerful and original study of Seoul’s urban and architectural evolution from the 14th century to the present.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/","og_site_name":"ACC Art Books UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-18T18:10:24+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@accartbooks","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/","name":"Seoul Urban Architecture - ACC Art Books UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783038604662-04-2.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-01T13:11:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-18T18:10:24+00:00","description":"Title: Seoul Urban Architecture, Pages: 336 Pages, Publish Date: 17th Mar 2026, Author: Sung Hong Kim, ISBN: 9783038604662. A powerful and original study of Seoul’s urban and architectural evolution from the 14th century to the present.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783038604662-04-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9783038604662-04-2.jpg","width":1200,"height":1694},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/book\/rising-from-the-crushing-bowl\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Books","item":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/books\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Seoul Urban Architecture"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/","name":"ACC Art Books UK","description":"One of the world\u2019s leading publishers and distributors of books on the arts and visual culture","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#organization","name":"ACC Art Books UK","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Acc-Logo.png","width":64,"height":100,"caption":"ACC Art Books UK"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ACCArtBooks\/","https:\/\/x.com\/accartbooks"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/67086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=67086"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=67086"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=67086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}