Museums lend the ultimate cultural cachet to countries – both developed and developing. Lately, Asian countries have seen a rise in the number of museums and cultural institutions being built, many of them by…
David Chipperfield Architects has designed the new headquarters of AmorePacific, Korea’s largest cosmetics company located in the Yongsan district of Seoul. The site, which the company has occupied since 1956, is adjacent to an…
KEAB Architecture has designed a new commercial building in Busan’s Gijang Market in South Korea to preserve the historic value of the traditional market. The staircase in the newly constructed 2,435m² commercial facility was…
OPEN Architecture has transformed five decommissioned aviation fuel tanks in Shanghai into a vibrant contemporary art centre. Located in Longteng Avenue in Xuhui District along the city’s Huangpu River, and in close proximity to…
Artist Feng Cheng Tsung has designed an installation in Taichung, invited by the local government, using over two hundred traditionally woven fish traps to celebrate the two-week-long Taiwan Lantern Festival. He invited the local…
Kengo Kuma has designed the soon-to-open Ace Hotel Kyoto. Located within a building, designed by Tetsuro Yoshida which formerly housed the Kyoto Central Telephone Company, as well as a newly built part, the 213-key…
Tadao Ando Architect & Associates has revealed the firm’s design for He Art Museum (HEM), the first art museum dedicated to southern China’s regional Lingnan culture. It’s scheduled to open on March 21, 2020…