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Design and Architecture

Big dreams for North Korea

All eyes were on Singapore as President Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Denuclearization was at the top of the agenda. For Korean and Korean-American residents of Los Angeles, however, this meeting was about family.

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By Frances Anderton • Jun 12, 2018 • 1 min read

All eyes were on Singapore as President Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Korean Embassy in Japan, completed 2012, designed by Chang-jo Architects with Eui-Sung Yi; Yi designed an earlier version with Roland Ritter.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Avishay Artsy

    Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

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    Oliver Wainwright

    Architecture Critic for The Guardian; author of “Inside North Korea”

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    Eui-Sung Yi

    Principal, Morphosis Architects; director, Now Institute, UCLA

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