Shirai Seiichi (Father of Japanese Modernism Architecture)
“If the West has the Parthenon, the East has Jongmyo”
Yamamoto Riken (2024 Pritzker Prize Winner)
"I like Jongmyo the most among Korean traditional architecture, and it is a place where you can feel a powerful sense of space that you cannot feel in modern architecture"
Frank Gehry (1989 Pritzker Prize Winner, National Medal of Arts recipient)
“It is one of the best buildings in the world, and Koreans should be grateful that they have such a building.”
Helen Binet (World's Best Architectural Photographer)
"Jongmyo, Byeongsan Seowon, and Soswaewon selected as the best buildings in Korea"