He graduated from the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University, studied at the Graduate School of Architecture, and received his PhD from the University of Tokyo Graduate School. For 42 years, he taught and researched architectural design and architectural theory based on the commonness of architecture at the University of Seoul and the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University. He has served as a member of the Presidential Committee on National Architectural Policy, Vice President of the Korean Institute of Architects, President of the Korean Council of Architectural Education, and Principal of the Gdarchischool. He has been honored with the Korean Institute of Architects Award (1997, 2008), the Catholic Art Prize Main Prize (2005), the Korean Institute of Architects Award (2002), the Seoul National University Outstanding Engineering Professor Award (2012), and the Korea Ecological and Environmental Architecture Award (2013).