Bøger af Jong-Soung Kimm

A modernist architect's portrait of the sublime contradictions of Romanesque architecture Fascinated by the architectural spaces and the construction of Romanesque architecture, renowned Korean architect Jong Soung Kimm (born 1935) visited and photographed some of the most beautiful Romanesque churches and monasteries of Germany and Belgium. Kimm, who began his career in the office of Mies van der Rohe in the 1960s, demonstrates in his photographs how the concepts of architectural volume have endured from the medieval era to modernism. Stunning images of such landmarks as the Aachen Palatine Chapel, Worms Cathedral, Mainz Cathedral and Trier Cathedral represent how architects long ago combined dizzying, bright sacred space on the interior with imposing mass and solidity on the exterior, deploying a subtle and masterful use of materials, decoration and engineering. Accompanying texts by Kimm elucidate these great works of architecture.

Jong-Soung Kimm turns his camera to France in the latest installment of his photo essay on early medieval and Romanesque architectureKorean architect Jong-Soung Kimm (born 1935) presents the 4th volume of his photo essay on early medieval and Romanesque architecture, with a particular focus on France. Accompanying texts address design strategies used by medieval builders as well as certain distinct spatial phenomena that fascinate contemporary visitors.

The second volume of an architect's explorations of the RomanesquePresenting a photographic essay on Mozarabic, Asturian and Romanesque architecture from the Iberian Peninsula, this volume includes monuments across Spain such as San Miguel de Escalada, San Pedro de la Nave and Santa Maria del Naranco, as seen through an architect's eyes.