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South Korean Architecture Designs – chronological list

Seoul Architectural News

Seoul Architecture Design News – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

20 Dec 2022
Perpetual Spring, The Climate-Correcting Machine, Seoul
Designers: Obra Architects

photo : Obra Architects
Perpetual Spring Seoul

6 July 2022
Hana Bank, Yeouido, Seoul
Designers: INTG.

photo : Yongjoon Choi Photography
Hana Bank, Yeouido, Seoul
As a leading bank in Korea, Hana Bank is heavily invested in design to transform itself to adapt to a new digital era. All banks have entered a new phase with mobile and internet banking, forcing offline bank branches to come up with a new identity. Hana Bank’s private banking division wanted to change their old generation service and design.

15 Apr 2022
The Hyundai Seoul
Designers: BURDIFILEK

photo : Yongjoon Choi Photography
The Hyundai Seoul, South Korea Shop
Burdifilek, a firm renowned for creating beautiful and considered spaces for global brands, is proud to unveil its visionary, multi-level design of The Hyundai Seoul, the largest department store in South Korea’s capital city. The retail landmark is part of a multi-use complex combining business, shopping, and leisure in a single destination.

11 Apr 2022
Apple Myeongdong, Seoul
Architects: Foster + Partners

photography © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
Apple Myeongdong Seoul
The newest Apple Store in South Korea, Apple Myeongdong, has now opened to the public. Located at the heart of Seoul’s vibrant commercial centre, the store is positioned at the base of a new 20-storey mixed-use tower, occupying the full width of the city block to create a grand street frontage.

15 Mar, 2022
K-pop Headquarters, Seoul
Architects: UNStudio

photography © Rohspace
K-Pop Headquarters Seoul
The South Korean music scene, otherwise known as K-Pop, is currently making huge strides in the global music industry. Popular with fans from Asia to the Americas, South Korean bands are currently topping the charts and selling-out stadiums. With its fingers on the cultural pulse and a social-media-savvy fandom, K-pop is currently taking the world by storm.

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29 Oct, 2021
Project H1, Seoul
Architects: UNStudio

visualisation : WAX & Virgin Lemon
Project H1, Seoul Masterplan
In 2019 UNStudio was invited by the Hyundai Development Company to design a superior, green, mixed-use neighbourhood in Seoul; a smart ’10-minute city’ for the new digital economy, where open innovation, green energy and diversity create an attractive and productive area to live, work and play.

19 Sep 2021
THISS x ìssí at Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021
Architects: THISS x ìssí

image courtesy of the architects office
Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021
THISS is a young multidisciplinary architecture practice, with a focus on landscape, craftsmanship and collaboration. Working in close partnership with clients, who share the same sense of curious and explorative outlook, the design team at THISS place an emphasis on both dialogue and communication as a starting point for projects.

25 Jul 2021
National Museum of Korean Literature, Seoul

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Seoul Architecture News 2019 – 2020

4 Dec 2020
Simgok Place
Simgok Place Seoul Building

International Design Competition for Library; SONGDO International City
The target is The Library of SONGDO International City design competition is to carry out the purpose of Incheon-city which orients ‘An International City of Northeast Asia to the World’ and is an important challenge to expand the cultural infrastructure of the local residents:
International Design Competition for Library; SONGDO International City

22 Sep 2020
Hankook Technoplex, Pangyo, outskirts of Seoul
Design: Foster + Partners

photo : TIME OF BLUE
Hankook Technoplex Pangyo
Top-level executives are co-located with their teams on different levels, which promotes interaction between the key members, and enables a more fluid flow of information within the company.

7 Jan 2019
Root Bench, Yongsan-gu
Architects: Yong Ju Lee Architecture

photograph : Kyungsub Shin
Root Bench Seoul
A reinterpretation of winning proposal in the Hangang Art Competition, a 30m diameter circle-shaped publicly-accessible furniture installed on grass in a park.

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Seoul Architecture News 2016 – 2018

18 Jun 2018
Amorepacific Head Office, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
Design: David Chipperfield Architects

photograph © Noshe
Amorepacific Headquarters in Seoul
This new rectilinear building is located between the site of a spacious public park currently under development, and a business district of high-rise towers.

18 Apr 2018
Dream of Chungmuro Cinematheque
Design: Mass Studies

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Dream of Chungmuro Cinematheque in Seoul
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the release of a design sketch of the Seoul Cinematheque (tentative name), a visual art cultural complex to be built in Chungmuro, which is the center of the domestic film industry.

31 Mar 2018
Cloud Garden of General Yisabu, General of the Silla
Design: CAA Architects

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Cloud Garden of General Yisabu, Gangwon-do
Inspired by Taoist concept of ‘Yi,’ The project is illustrated as a metaphorical ‘cloud,’ which surrounds the mystical mount Yukyang in Samcheok city. The Architecture is stimulated by the cloud forms depicted in east Asian ancient fine art and is manifested as a series of bridges and buildings that embrace a sacred mountain within.

30 Mar 2018
Youth Center and Sport Facility Building in Seoul
Architects: KILD – Ksnelashvili . Išora . Lozuraitytė . Daunys

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Youth Center and Sport Facility Building
The site is located on the edge of newly built high-rise residential blocks and the small scale city fabric.

27 Mar 2018
Jamsil Sports Hub in Seoul
Architects: Studio Niko Kapa

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Jamsil Sports Hub in Seoul Building
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) is planning to redevelop the Jamsil Sports Complex in Seoul, South Korea. The project involves the redevelopment of Jamsil Sports Complex on 400,000sm of land.

Mar 21, 2018
Shinsegae Tower Building, Seoul, South Korea
Design: Olson Kundig Architects

photo © Kyungsub Shin
Shinsegae Tower Building
Shinsegae International, designed by Principal and Owner Tom Kundig, has won the inaugural WAN Tall Buildings Award 2017.

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20 Dec 2017
Seoul Creative Play Supporting Facility
Architects: KILD – Ksnelashvili . Išora . Lozuraitytė . Daunys

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Seoul Creative Play Supporting Facility
The key aim of the proposal is to balance the high-density development and the existing public park. ‘Park Canopy’ enhances the green space with its natural potential and reaches new human-scale intervention in the park.

16 Dec 2017
Givenchy Flagship Store in Seoul, Cheongdam ward, Gangnamgu shopping and fashion district
Design: Piuarch

photo © Kyungsub Shin
Givenchy Flagship Store Seoul, Cheongdam Retail
A building covered by a skin of dark coloured sheets of steel that changes with the light and rests on a glazed base revealing minimalist-style interiors: the new Givenchy Flagship Store in Seoul is a dynamic structure generating varying optical effects.

12 Sep 2017
17 High-Rise Buildings for Seoul
Design: AllesWirdGut

illustrations: expressiv / AllesWirdGut
Woosung Residential Complex, Seoul
For an invited architectural competition, AllesWirdGut developed a design for a 3,000-unit residential quarter in the South-Korean capital city of Seoul. The proposal for the 120,000 m² area situated in a privileged waterside location is for a development of 17 high-rise buildings on amorphously shaped plinths, which combines high densification and urbanity with a strong identity-generating character and maximum amenity quality.

25 Jul 2017
Namdaemun Office Tower
Design: Mecanoo

image courtesy of architects
Namdaemun Office Building in Seoul
With its stark linear facade patterns, the Namdaemun Office Building in Seoul stands out from the vibrant market district that surround it. The office tower is Mecanoo’s first completed project in South Korea’s capital.

25 Jun 2017 – page updated with new images ; 17 May 2012
Yongsan Business District Tower
Design: REX

image : Luxigon
Yongsan Tower, Seoul Skyscraper Building
Block R6 is a narrow parcel bounded by the planned Mountain Park—including Children’s Interactive Spray Park, Rail Road Museum, Outdoor Amphitheater, and Yongsan Station Esplanade—and the central park of the planned development Zone B3, adjacent to Hangang-ro. By placing the building to the south of Block R6, all units command great views and the building forms a gateway to YIBD from Hangang-ro.

25 Jun 2017 – page updated with new images ; 10 May 2012
Designs Dancing Dragons Complex
Design: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

image © AS+GG
Dancing Dragons Seoul, Yongsan Towers: Skyscrapers
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is pleased to announce its design for Dancing Dragons, a pair of landmark supertall mixed-use towers for the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea. The buildings, which include residential, “officetel” and retail elements, consist of slender, sharply angled mini-towers cantilevered around a central core. The design aesthetic is highly contemporary yet informed by aspects of traditional Korean culture.

23 Jun 2017
Yangjaegogae Eco Bridge Design Competition, Seoul
Architects: KILD – Ksnelashvili . Išora . Lozuraitytė . Daunys

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Eco Bridge Design Competition in Seoul
The Eco Bridge proposal is based on a simple and pure concept: to recreate the link that once existed in the current situation of the infrastructural void with a spatial structure that would be atmospherically reminiscent to a pictorial passage through the southern slopes of the two discontinued mountain peaks of Mt. Umyeon and Maljukgeori Parks.

8 Jun 2017
LG Science Park
Architects: HOK with Gansam Architects

image courtesy of architects
LG Science Park Seoul Building
LG Science Park, the HOK-designed 11.8 million-sq.-ft. research and science campus for global consumer and electronics brand LG Group, is now three quarters of the way to completion. The next-generation campus will accommodate LG researchers from disciplines including electronics, chemistry, nanotechnology, display, fabrication, life sciences and new materials.

Mar 16, 2017
Shinsegae Tower, Seoul, South Korea
Design: Olson Kundig Architects

photograph fro architects
Shinsegae Office Tower Building

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South Korean Capital Architectural Updates 2006 – 2015

Seoul Architecture – selection of some older building news:

12 Jun 2013
Gangnam Style – Chungha Building
Design: MVRDV

photo : ShinkyoungSub
Gangnam Style Seoul
Just before a Korean pop-song became a global success on YouTube for the first time in history, and Gangnam became world famous as the nouveau riche hangout of the South-Korean capital Seoul, MVRDV was commissioned to redefine a building on Gangnam’s chic Apgujung Road.

4 Dec 2012
New Swiss Embassy in Seoul
Design: Kubota & Bachmann Architects

image : JIGEN
New Swiss Embassy in Seoul
This proposal for the new Swiss embassy serves as a worthy representation of the Swiss Confederation in Seoul. Its design aims to respond to environmental factors, site context, and climate conditions. The subtly detailed architecture is secluded by a surrounding wall and vegetative screen.

13 Oct 2012
IFC Seoul Mall, South Korea
Design: Benoy

image from architects
IFC Seoul Mall
Benoy announce the opening of their first development in Korea with the introduction of the dynamic IFC Seoul Mall. This new retail mall is part of the landmark IFC Seoul mixed use development, located in the prime business district of Yeouido.

5 Jul 2012
French Restaurant, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu
BANG by MIN emerging design group

image : Choi, Jungwoo
French Restaurant in Seoul
‘La Ville de Pins’ is a French Restaurant Remodeling project in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, which is the hottest district at metropolitan area in the city of Seoul, Korea. I thought that the conciseness might tell the message more strongly in the age when the extraordinary designs are rampant formatively and visually.

13 Jun 2012
Velo Towers
Asymptote Architecture

image © Asymptote Architecture
Velo Towers Seoul
Asymptote Architecture principals Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture are pleased to announce the launch of the Velo Towers, within the Dreamhub development in the Yongsan District. Asymptote’s building is designed as an integral part of the master plan accommodating several new projects that are situated along the newly planned Yongsan Park.