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Architects: DRAWING WORKS, soje, ubac.sb
- Area: 143 m²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: ubac.sb, Ilmac sturcture
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Seongbuk Dowon Exhibition Gallery / soje + ubac.sb + DRAWING WORKS
GBO and Aworks Design Futuristic Technology Museum for Seoul
Korean architecture practice GBO and Aworks have designed a futuristic new technology museum in Seoul. Made for SK Telecom, South Korea's largest telecommunication operator, the project is laid out over two floors in the Company’s 33-story headquarters building in the city center. Called T.um, the technology museum gives a glimpse into the future life of urbanites and aims to demonstrate how technology will innovate society.
Amorepacific Headquarters / David Chipperfield Architects
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Architects: David Chipperfield Architects
- Area: 216000 m²
- Year: 2017
Songpa Micro Housing / SsD
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Architects: SsD
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Professionals: Mirae Structural Design Group, Kiro Construction
Loft Junghwa Dong / arcave
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Architects: arcave
- Area: 80 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: -, Eagon, Miicon, Normann Copenhagen
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Professionals: Floral Designer of Saison Fleurie
Pyeong Chang Dong Brick House / June Architects
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Architects: June Architects
- Area: 278 m²
- Year: 2019
Robots will Construct Melike Altınışık' Robot Museum in Seoul
Turkish practice Melike Altınışık Architects (MAA) has won an international competition for the design of a Robot Science Museum in Seoul, South Korea. Hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the competition called for a “world first” museum to support public education in robotics, and increase public interest in robots.
The principles of robotics, science, technology, and innovation have shaped all aspects of the scheme’s design, from form and structure to material and operation. The main character of the museum is to “create its own universe for robots and their visitors,” manifesting as a non-directional, fluid, spherical structure.
Dr. Jart+ Flagship Store / Betwin Space Design
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Architects: Betwin Space Design
- Area: 109 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Hankook, Seogwang
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Professionals: Second Hotel, Betwin Space Design
The Top 10 New Skyscrapers of 2018
Emporis has announced the results of its annual Emporis Skyscraper Award, recognizing the best new supertall buildings completed in the previous year. This year, the top prize was given to the Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and Baum Architects. The tapered tower, South Korea’s tallest, also houses the world’s highest glass-bottomed observation deck, for architects who can handle the 1820-foot (555-meter) drop.
Aeichi Korean Medical Clinic / By Seog Be Seog
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Architects: By Seog Be Seog
- Area: 179 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Crestial, asang, havebeensoul, jackson chameleon, winkel
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Professionals: Taegyu Lim Viscom, Into I&C
Yejin’s Jip-Soori / Moohoi Architecture Studio
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Architects: Moohoi Architecture Studio
- Year: 2017
Mangwon-Scope / Boundaries architects
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Architects: Boundaries architects
- Area: 166 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: China, E.Gon, HANGLAS, Sewha
HiCC Ent. Headquarter / LESS
Kolon One & Only Tower / Morphosis Architects
The Modern Square / G/O Architecture
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Architects: G/O Architecture
- Area: 421 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: HANSSEM, CASAINLUCE, Hwan Wood, Jeilbrick, World Cross
Reinventing a Superblock in Central Seoul - Without the Gentrification
This article was originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "A Once-Maligned Concrete Megastructure in Seoul is Revitalized - Sans Gentrification".
Upon its completion in 1966, Sewoon Sangga, designed by prominent South Korean architect Kim Swoo-geun, was a groundbreaking residential and commercial megastructure consisting of eight multistory buildings covering a full kilometer in the heart of Seoul. Like other futuristic projects of the decade, it was conceived as a self-contained city, complete with amenities that included a park, an atrium, and a pedestrian deck. But construction realities crippled Kim’s utopian vision, compromising those features. By the late 1970s, Sewoon Sangga had shed residents and anchor retail outlets to newer, shinier developments in the wealthy Gangnam district across the river. Between Sewoon’s central location and plunging rents, the building became a hub for light industry—as well as illicit activity.