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High-Tech architecture has begun in Europe in early 1800s and progressed consistently by late 20th century. In Korea, architectural works having High-Tech characteristics were not popular until 1980, but after 1980s, owing to economic growth and international events such as Olympic Games and Expo, High-Tech architecture has widely appeared and spread all over the country. After 1990s, it appeared more frequently and varied in diverse ways, and its expression is so
various and complex that it is very difficult to define the characteristics of High Tech architecture in korea. To review the architectural works to express High-Tech after 1990, there are many trends to show their characteristics of expression. Analyzing many High-Tech architectural works after 1990, the characteristics of High-Tech expression in Korean contemporary architecture could be got. The results are as follows : The exposition of structure, The Slick-Tech expression, various forms of new structure and engineering technics, the very progressive form of mechanic-aesthetics, the signal expression of digital-media, the environment friendly architecture and so on. Consequently, High-Tech architecture will be varied in diverse ways and its form will be more complicate and complex, so it will be a valuable trial to foresee the future of High-Tech architecture.