Kim Chung-up (; 9 March 192211 May 1988) was a

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n architect and educator.

Early life and education

Kim was born in

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in 1922. He graduated from Yokohama Technical High School, where he studied

Beaux-Arts architecture Beaux-Arts architecture ( , ) was the academic architectural style taught at the in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporated Renaissance and ...

. After graduation, he worked at the Matsuda & Hirata Design office in Tokyo. Later, he returned to Korea and became an assistant professor at

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the SKY (universities), SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities. The university's main c ...

College of Engineering. After the outbreak of the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

, he moved to Busan and built a network with various artists, including Kim Whan-ki and

Lee Jung-seob Lee Jung-seob (April 10, 1916 in Pyeongannamdo – September 6, 1956 in Seoul) was a Korean artist most known for his oil paintings, such as ''White Ox''. Life Early years Born and raised in Korea under Japanese rule, Lee was born into an ...

Career

In 1952, he was selected as a Korean delegate for the first UNESCO International Conference of Artists, which took place in

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, Italy. During his stay in Venice, he had the chance to meet with

Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , ; ), was a Swiss-French architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture ...

, the renowned Swiss-French architect. This meeting led him to work in Le Corbusier's atelier in Paris for three years and two months.

Projects

* 1958

Sogang University Sogang University (SU; ) is a private Jesuit research university in Mapo, Seoul, South Korea. Sogang University was established on April 18, 1960 by the Society of Jesus, with the school being the oldest and only Jesuit institution of higher e ...

Administration Building, Seoul * 1960 Embassy of France, Seoul * 1965 Dr. Seo's Women's Clinic * 1966

United Nations Memorial Cemetery The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea (UNMCK; ), located at Tanggok in the Nam District, Busan, Nam District,; also seeKorea 1:50,000 Pusan Sheet 7019 III (1947) an of Busan,As a transliteration from Korean, the city name 부산 () was ...

Main Gate, Busan * 1966

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Administration Building, Jeju (demolished) * 1969 31 Building, Seoul * 1985 World Peace Gate, Seoul

Award

Kim was awarded the 1962 Cultural Award from

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in 1962,

Chevalier Chevalier may refer to: Honours Belgium * a rank in the Belgian Order of the Crown * a rank in the Belgian Order of Leopold * a rank in the Belgian Order of Leopold II * a title in the Belgian nobility France * a rank in the French Legion d'h ...

from the France government in 1965, Order of Industrial Service Merit from the South Korea government in 1985.

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