The Architect · Jiho · Seoul
Sungnyemun Gate
National Treasure No.1, and a case study in reconstruction. You can read what's original stone and what's new timber.
The great south gate of the old city wall, a two-storey timber pavilion on a stone arch, rebuilt after a 2008 fire.
— Jiho, The Architect
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