The purpose of this research is to understand Ko Yu-seop’s perception of ‘contemporary emerging architecture’ in the West by investigating into his two early 1930s’ articles: ‘On Emerging Arts, Particularly the Cutting-edge Architecture’ (Jan. 1931) and ‘Russian Architecture’ (Dec. 1932). As a result of the investigation, it is argued that he attempted to systematically describe his contemporary architecture, from the concept of ‘modern’ to representative architectural theories, and his suggested reference list is considered meaningful since it illustrates one aspect of how modern architectural knowledge was transferred to Korea at that time. As his limitation, however, it should be pointed out that a significant part of his writing was a verbatim translation of the Japanese critic Takao Itagaki’s New Art Acquisition (1930). Nevertheless, the two articles give us a valuable understanding related to his socialist tendency, his preferred commune-type city-cum-architecture that reflects the ideology, etc. Hereafter, this understanding needs to be further discussed in both study areas of art history and architectural history in Korea.

Abstract
1. 서 론
2. 고유섭(1905∼44)의 유산과 현재적 평가
3. 1930년대 초 고유섭의 현대건축 논고 2제
    3-1. ｢新興藝術, 特히 尖端을 가는 建築에 對하야｣
    3-2. ｢露西亞의 建築｣(1932.12)
4. 고유섭이 인식한 ‘현대 신흥건축’
    4-1. 지식의 출처와 한계점 비판
    4-2. 고유섭의 현대건축 인식에 대한 독해
5. 결 론
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• 김현섭(고려대학교 건축학과 교수) | Kim, Hyon-Sob Corresponding author