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Seoul Gains An Underground Earth House by Byoung Soo Cho

04/05/2010
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  • Earth House photo by Wooseop Hwang
    Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has built an underground house outside Seoul. Called Earth House, it's not as fancy as some iterations of the subterranean abode, drawing instead on Cho's very unpretentious inspirations: Taoist minimalism and the utilitarianism of the silos, barns and sheds Cho has come to love as a professor at Montana State University. Arguably, the Korean House also reveals a love of big sky: the 23-foot square courtyard is really the crown jewel of the place, which consists of six tiny rooms built mainly of concrete and recycled wood....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/soeul-gains-an-underground-house-by-byoung-soo-cho/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Earth House photo by Wooseop Hwang
    Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has built an underground house outside Seoul. Called Earth House, it's not as fancy as some iterations of the subterranean abode, drawing instead on Cho's very unpretentious inspirations: Taoist minimalism and the utilitarianism of the silos, barns and sheds Cho has come to love as a professor at Montana State University. Arguably, the Korean House also reveals a love of big sky: the 23-foot square courtyard is really the crown jewel of the place, which consists of six tiny rooms built mainly of concrete and recycled wood....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/soeul-gains-an-underground-house-by-byoung-soo-cho/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Earth House photo by Wooseop Hwang
    Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has built an underground house outside Seoul. Called Earth House, it's not as fancy as some iterations of the subterranean abode, drawing instead on Cho's very unpretentious inspirations: Taoist minimalism and the utilitarianism of the silos, barns and sheds Cho has come to love as a professor at Montana State University. Arguably, the Korean House also reveals a love of big sky: the 23-foot square courtyard is really the crown jewel of the place, which consists of six tiny rooms built mainly of concrete and recycled wood....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/soeul-gains-an-underground-house-by-byoung-soo-cho/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Earth House courtyard photo by Wooseop Hwang
    Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has built an underground house outside Seoul. Called Earth House, it's not as fancy as some iterations of the subterranean abode, drawing instead on Cho's very unpretentious inspirations: Taoist minimalism and the utilitarianism of the silos, barns and sheds Cho has come to love as a professor at Montana State University. Arguably, the Korean House also reveals a love of big sky: the 23-foot square courtyard is really the crown jewel of the place, which consists of six tiny rooms built mainly of concrete and recycled wood....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/soeul-gains-an-underground-house-by-byoung-soo-cho/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • stairs, Earth House, photo by Wooseop Hwang
    Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has built an underground house outside Seoul. Called Earth House, it's not as fancy as some iterations of the subterranean abode, drawing instead on Cho's very unpretentious inspirations: Taoist minimalism and the utilitarianism of the silos, barns and sheds Cho has come to love as a professor at Montana State University. Arguably, the Korean House also reveals a love of big sky: the 23-foot square courtyard is really the crown jewel of the place, which consists of six tiny rooms built mainly of concrete and recycled wood....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/soeul-gains-an-underground-house-by-byoung-soo-cho/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Earth House tub photo by Wooseop Hwang
    Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has built an underground house outside Seoul. Called Earth House, it's not as fancy as some iterations of the subterranean abode, drawing instead on Cho's very unpretentious inspirations: Taoist minimalism and the utilitarianism of the silos, barns and sheds Cho has come to love as a professor at Montana State University. Arguably, the Korean House also reveals a love of big sky: the 23-foot square courtyard is really the crown jewel of the place, which consists of six tiny rooms built mainly of concrete and recycled wood....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/soeul-gains-an-underground-house-by-byoung-soo-cho/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • window, Earth House, photo by Wooseop Hwang
    Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has built an underground house outside Seoul. Called Earth House, it's not as fancy as some iterations of the subterranean abode, drawing instead on Cho's very unpretentious inspirations: Taoist minimalism and the utilitarianism of the silos, barns and sheds Cho has come to love as a professor at Montana State University. Arguably, the Korean House also reveals a love of big sky: the 23-foot square courtyard is really the crown jewel of the place, which consists of six tiny rooms built mainly of concrete and recycled wood....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/soeul-gains-an-underground-house-by-byoung-soo-cho/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Earth House photo by Wooseop Hwang

Korean architect Byoung Soo Cho has built an underground house outside Seoul. Called Earth House, it's not as fancy as some iterations of the subterranean abode, drawing instead on Cho's very unpretentious inspirations: Taoist minimalism and the utilitarianism of the silos, barns and sheds Cho has come to love as a professor at Montana State University. Arguably, the Korean House also reveals a love of big sky: the 23-foot square courtyard is really the crown jewel of the place, which consists of six tiny rooms built mainly of concrete and recycled wood....

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