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Buddhist temple went through changes centered on functions of the sermon hall, where monks preached sermons, and the main building of a temple, where statue of Buddha was kept and homage was paid to Buddha. A modern building of Buddhist temple in the city is no exception. Generally a Buddhist temple is consisted of spaces for paying homage to Buddha, preaching sermon, and management of monks, believers, and social service. But in the modern time, Buddhist temples needed to go through many changes in functions where modern architecture and defining the general value of religion were highly valued. In a modern Buddhist building, in order to express the symbol of the concept of Buddhist modeling not only the issue of construction style is valued but also the spirit of construction. The spirit of the construction has become the foundation of creating such space. The spirit of Buddhist craft held in the traditional Buddhist temple has to be continuously valued of its significance and effect even in these days. A modern Buddhist temple building needs to increase the relations between the temple and the society by expanding diverse multiple functions including the exhibit hall, the lecture hall, the marriage ceremony hall, the music theater and restaurants and it must not only become a space for paying homage to Buddha. Moreover, there has to be an interpretation of the period background together with the cultural background to ensure modernism and universal value of Buddhism. Furthermore, an adequate integration of digital technology is needed, even if the advancement of technology may not be omnipotent, to secure individuality, internationalism and modernism. In order to simultaneously review the retroactively of the time together with the extensity of the space, at the current time, and not by merely following the traditional concept and scope, I have presented five case studies to promote research on modern Buddhist temple.