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House in Hyojadong / Min Soh + Gusang Architectural Group + Kyoungtae Kim

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Sejong Center for Performing Arts / Asymptote Architecture

New York based Asymptote Architecture have unveiled designs for a new Centre of Performing Arts in Sejong, South Korea. Described as celebrating "the cities emergence and growth as a place of stature and culture," the arts centre is designed to "seamlessly connect to the city fabric." Containing two theaters, the program of the building has been designed to create a unified experience, allowing for a "powerful and 'episodic' interiority and experience."

National Library of Sejong City / Samoo Architects & Engineers

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Honeybee Lounge / poly.m.ur

Honeybee Lounge / poly.m.ur - Cinema
© Kyungsub Shin
  • Architects: poly.m.ur
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  208
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Investwood, Amkel, LG Hausys, Tectum
  • Professionals: AI plus, Seorim Bangjae

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Magok Central Plaza Winning Proposal / Wooridongin Architects

Magok Central Plaza Winning Proposal / Wooridongin Architects - Urban Design , Facade
Courtesy of Wooridongin Architects

Located in the intersection of the pedestrian axis of Festival Street within the heart of Magok city in Seoul, the competition winning proposal by Wooridongin Architects for the Magok Central Plaza weaves itself into the surrounding city. The plaza is a great traffic node since it is where the subway lines 5, 9 and Incheon Airport train cross. Its close location to Han River greenery and ecosystem aligning with the River, Jungang Park and Green Area Connectors makes it to be part of a continuous open space system. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Jaehoon’s Jip-Soori / Moohoi Architecture Studio

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Beyond the Screen / OBBA

Beyond the Screen / OBBA - Housing, Facade
© Kyungsub Shin

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Buk Seoul Museum of Art / Samoo Architects & Engineers

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Chopsticks / studio VASE

Chopsticks / studio VASE - Houses, Facade, Door, Handrail
© Woo-Jin Park
  • Architects: studio VASE
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  95
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

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Yujin’s Jip-Soori / Moohoi Architecture Studio

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Lotte Amoje, Food Capital / Karim Rashid

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  • Architects: Karim Rashid
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  900
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Muma

Chungha Building / MVRDV

Chungha Building / MVRDV - Office Buildings, Facade
© Kyungsub Shin
  • Architects: MVRDV
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

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'Mood Map' Exhibit / E/B Office

'Mood Map' Exhibit / E/B Office - Installation, Facade, Lighting
Courtesy of E/B Office

Built and exhibited at “Data Curation” in the Museum of Art at Seoul National University, ‘Mood Map’ visualizes the moods of Korean people in color and light through textual analysis of their Tweets on Twitter. Designed by E/B Office, they created a custom software program in Processing that will search and analyze Tweets in Korean language through the Twitter API. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Naegok V house / jhy architect & associates

Naegok V house / jhy architect & associates - Houses, Facade
© Kyung sub, Shin

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A+animal hospital / jhy architect & associates

A+animal hospital / jhy architect & associates - Veterinary Clinic, Beam, Arch, Chair
© Kyung sub, Shin

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'Plushscape' Installation at Interspace Dialogue Exhibition / ALLTHATISSOLID

'Plushscape' Installation at Interspace Dialogue Exhibition / ALLTHATISSOLID - Installation, Lighting
Courtesy of Seoul Museum of Art + ALLTHATISSOLID

Taking place at the Seoul Museum of Art, the 'Total Theatre: Interspace Dialogue' exhibition is featuring the Plushscape installation by Max Kuo of ALLTHATISSOLID. Curated by Regina Shin, the exhibition, which is also a film festival, borrows Gropius and Piscator’s concept of a new kind of theatre to realize a cinema inside of the white cube of a museum. In response to the curatorial agendas of Interspace Dialogue, Plushscape seeks to agitate and amplify the somatic conditions of the viewers’ bodies providing more spatial possibilities in their haptic response to the screening films. More images and architects' description after the break.

Blurring Boundary / UTAA

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  • Architects: UTAA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  90
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

H&M Seoul Hongdae Store / D.LIM architects

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