Talking Architecture, City: Hall

Talking Architecture, City: Hall

Talking Architecture, City: Hall

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Talking Architecture, City: Hall

2013

1h 46m

7.5(2 votes)

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Overview

A documentary film about Seoul City Hall Construction. The construction project has a hard going in every way. A city plan, excessive administrative notions, a design and all got mingled up. Can the project sail, yes?

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