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Architects: Wooridongin Architects
- Area: 1614 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Dawoo Structural Engineers, Ahn’s Design
Seoul: The Latest Architecture and News
Seonnongdan / Wooridongin Architects
Won & Won 63.5 / Doojin Hwang Architects
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Architects: Doojin Hwang Architects
- Area: 4528 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Ean R&C, Eun Structural Engineering, Sejin Eletric Engineering, SEIYON Mech.Eng.Co.Ltd
House of Dior Seoul / Christian de Portzamparc
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Architects: Christian de Portzamparc
- Area: 4408 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: L'Observatoire International, CS Structural Engineering, Kolon Global, DPJ & Partners
Winners Announced in Competition to Design Cultural Square in Seoul
The winners of the Sejongdaero Competition to masterplan the former National Tax Service building site in Seoul, Korea have been announced. The competition called for entries that not only addressed the site, but also the underground area of Sejongdaero and the old city area of Seoul. The jury was looking specifically for entries that addressed the many layers of culture and history in the area, promoting a new vision for the future.
After receiving 80 entries from 20 countries; first, second and third places, as well as 10 honourable mentions were awarded. See the three finalists along with the jury’s comments after the break.
MMCA Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art / Hyunjun Mihn + MPART Architects
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Architects: Hyunjun Mihn, MPART Architects
- Area: 52101 m²
- Year: 2013
Sorgo Arts School / design studio in tu:ne
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Architects: design studio in tu:ne
- Area: 330 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: MD design
AlpenRoute Village / Minsoo Lee + Studio Unmet
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Architects: Minsoo Lee, Studio Unmet
- Area: 500 m²
- Year: 2015
50m2 House / OBBA
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Architects: OBBA
- Area: 50 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: TCM Global
Winning Design for Seoul's National Assembly Smart Work Center and Press Center Unveiled
South Korean Haeahn Architecture, in collaboration with New-York-based H Architecture, has won a competition to design the Smart Work Center and Press Center at the historic site of the National Assembly Complex in Yeoido, which is the largest island in the Han River in Seoul.
The 23,750-square-meter building will be flexible in its uses and support "legislative functions of the National Assembly." Overall it will “house five distinctive programs: a press center with a briefing room alongside a small broadcast facility with a workplace for reporters; a highly-equipped smart work center which serves as a remote workplace for commuting officers and Ministers for the government; supplementary office spaces; underground parking; and welfare facilities which will include a restaurant, a banquet hall, and a retail component that will be accessible to both government workers and the general public.”
Christian de Portzamparc’s House of Dior in Seoul Mirrors Ethereal Clothing Designs
Architect Christian de Portzamparc has completed construction on the new House of Dior in Seoul, South Korea. The building, which houses designs by Christian Dior, is based off of watercolor paintings and the concept of experimentation with light and shadows.
Open Call: Sejong-daero Historic Cultural Space Design Competition
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced its Sejong-daero Historic Cultural Space Design Competition, which seeks creative designs for the site of the former National Tax Service Building, as well as a greater conceptual blueprint for the central Seoul area.
Mise en Abyme / studio_GAON
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Architects: studio_GAON
- Area: 176 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Yeziin Construction
Creative House / Z_Lab
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Architects: Z_Lab
- Area: 29 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Zinyong Construction
The Top 10 Most Impactful Skylines
Emporis, a German company that collects and distributes information on construction and the built environment, has released a ranking of the world’s 100 most visually impactful skylines, using statistical analysis to address a topic often made frustratingly subjective by civic pride.
To create the rankings, Emporis used data from its archives to determine the number of high-rise buildings in the cities it studied, and applied a points system that gave each building a numerical value determined by the number of floors it has. To standardize their ranking process, the points system ignores spires and other ornament, and does not include television or antenna towers, masts, bridges, or similar architecture.
Of the top 10 most impactful skylines, seven are in Asia, while North and South America combined have the other three. Notably, cities filled with rich architectural history fail to make the list, or fall surprisingly low in the rankings; London is number 44, Paris is ranked 66, and Rome does not make the cut.
To see the top ten skylines, read on after the break, and click here to see Emporis' complete list.
Bati_rieul / L'EAU design
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Architects: L'EAU design
- Area: 743 m²
- Year: 20058
Dialogue in the Dark Bukchon / Wise Architecture
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Architects: Wise Architecture
- Area: 390 m²
- Year: 2015