JYA-RCHITECTS has designed the headquarters of education companies Fineman and Krassen in the Samjeon-dong neighbourhood of Seoul’s southeastern district of Songpa-gu. The two companies, which already have several educational outlets in Seoul and the…
Shanghai-based street architecture practice 100 Architects has proposed a new leisure facility in Seoul in collaboration with Amsterdam-based playscape and engineering firm Carve – the firm behind the Canopy Park play area at Singapore’s…
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…
Designed to resemble a shiplike tower clad in painted aluminium, the carpark in Seoul designed by IROJE KHM Architects – led by HyoMan Kim, and assisted by SeungHee Song and JiYeon Kim – resembles…
The recently-opened Galleria Korea’s sixth upscale department store franchise, The Gwanggyo store designed by Chris van Duijn of OMA is located south of Seoul in a relatively young and new urban development. Situated between…
Dutch firm MVRDV has won the competition to redesign the Tancheon Valley and Seoul’s waterfront. Called “The Weaves”, the concept aims to knit together pedestrian and bicycle paths, the natural landscapes, and public amenities.…
The Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul by architects Frank Gehry and Peter Marino has recently opened in the South Korean capital. Celebrating Korean heritage and culture, the design puts in place a curved glass facade,…