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London’s Zaha Hadid Architects was shortlisted in the 2nd Sejong Cultural Centre competition, Seoul. ZHA create an interconnected sequence of indoor and outdoor public spaces that are enveloped by nature.
The architectural proposal is defined by the city’s history and its unwavering optimism for the future. The design is embedded within the natural landscapes of the park and connects Yeouido Park to the Han River.
Lastly we feature Perpetual Spring, The Climate-Correcting Machine. The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul commissioned this project.
The structure is located in the heart of downtown Seoul, has received the Architecture MasterPrize honoring international designs in various disciplines of architecture. Each submitted design in the competition was evaluated by an esteemed AMP Jury.
Margot Krasojević Architecture’s brief is to design an offshore lighthouse hotel. The design criteria address renewable energy, harnessing wave energy to generate electricity by using the building’s form.
Redevelopment project by Studio Migliore+Servetto spanning 5 km of disused railway overlooking the sea, which will give rise to a themed park called the “Blue Line Park”.
Designed by Yong Ju Lee Architecture Root Bench is the reinterpretation of winning proposal in Hangang Art Competition. This is circle-shaped public furniture with diameter of 30m.
Yumin Art Nouveau Collection, South Korea, wins World Interior of the Year for 2018, design by JAC STUDIOS, Denmark – a poetic glass exhibition in Phoenix Jeju.
Camp Mare: Tongyeong Dockyard Regeneration, South Korea, winning design by HENN + Posco A&C – bordered to the north by the water and to the south by the Mireuk Mountains, the waterfront extended via two new rectilinear bays.
Architects HOK designed one of the world’s largest corporate research campuses. LG Science Park is now open for business. At more than 1 million square metres (the equivalent of 152 football pitches), LG Science Park in Seoul’s Magok District unites staff from eight of LG’s Korean businesses.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the release of a design sketch, by Mass Studies, 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.
‘I am searching for a design language to embody the eastern concept of ‘Yi,’ in the futuristic way. This is an exploration of what CAA can do to bring eastern culture and futurism together.’ – Liu Haowei, architect
Lithuanian architects’ proposal for a Youth Center and Sport Facility building in Seoul, located on the edge of newly built high-rise residential blocks. The intricate and sensitive context of the new building generated the central questions underpinning the design.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government redevelopment of the Jamsil Sports Complex, South Korea. The project design by architects Studio Niko Kapa involves the redevelopment of Jamsil Sports Complex on 400,000sm of land.
The Seattle-based architectural firm Olson Kundig is delighted to announce that Shinsegae International, located in Seoul, South Korea, designed by Principal and Owner Tom Kundig, has won the inaugural WAN Tall Buildings Award 2017.
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The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has unveiled plans for Canada Olympic House at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. A project designed in collaboration with Sid Lee Architecture.
The key aim of the proposal by these Lithuanian architects 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.
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.
3,000-unit proposal by architects AllesWirdGut for a invited architectural competition: 120,000 m² area situated in a privileged waterside location for a development of 17 high-rise buildings on amorphously shaped plinths.
Design intervention by UNStudio for two new residential developments in Daegu Wolbae. The project for Hyundai Development Company counteracts the prevailing utilitarian approach. The provocative yet investigative, affordable and health-focused proposal breaks the impersonal homogeneity and the traditions of high density living in South Korea.
With its stark linear facade patterns, this office building in Seoul stands out from the vibrant market district that surround it. The office tower is Dutch architects Mecanoo’s first completed project in South Korea’s capital.
