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Architects: Moohoi Architecture
- Area: 152 m²
- Year: 2011
Seoul: The Latest Architecture and News
Jung-hyun’s Apartment / Moohoi Architecture
Times Square / JUNGLIM Architecture
Bikyoshoki / Jae Kim | CoDeAU
The Hidden Depth / thegroundstudio
South Korean architects thegroundstudio shared with us their winning proposal for the Shop & Cafe + Pavilion Redesign Competition at the entrance of Seoul National University’s main gate and SNU Museum. More images and a brief description after the break.
CGV Gold Class Lounge / URBANTAINER
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Architects: URBANTAINER
- Area: 253 m²
- Year: 2010
Ananti Club, Seoul / SKM Architects
New Seoul Yongsan Urban Park / Hyunjoon Yoo Architects
Hyunjoon Yoo Architects have shared with us their proposal for the new Seoul Yongsan Urban Park. Their design is one of the top six proposals. All six of them will be combined as one scheme for the new park. More images and architect’s description after the break.
H&M Seoul Store / Universal Design Studio
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Architects: Universal Design Studio
In Progress: Daeyang Gallery and House / Steven Holl Architects
We’ve just received some news from our friends at Steven Holl Architects regarding the progress of their latest private gallery and residence. Situated in the hillside of the Kangbuk section of Seoul, Korea, the project’s geometry is an experimental reaction to a 1967 sketch for a music score by the composer Istvan Anhalt, “Symphony of Modules,” discovered in a book by John Cage titled “Notations”. This strategy, which runs parallel to a research studio on “the architectonics of music,” results in three separate pavilions connected by a sheet of water that establishes the plane of reference from above and below.
More construction photos, renderings and of course, Holl’s infamous watercolors after the break.
P House / HAHN Design
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Architects: HAHN Design
- Area: 609 m²
- Year: 2007
M+ / HAHN Design
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Architects: HAHN Design
- Area: 345 m²
- Year: 2009
Kangbuk Samsung Hospital / Hyunjoon Yoo Architects
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Architects: Hyunjoon Yoo Architects
- Year: 2010
Gallery Yeh / Unsangdong Architects
S-Trenue Tower / Mass Studies
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Architects: Mass Studies
- Area: 2931 m²
- Year: 2006
Green Roof / Samoo Architects & Engineers
Samoo Architects and Engineers’ green roof design for Seoul covers a massive 131 acres. The project gives an “eco-upgrade” to the run-down Garak Wholesale Market by inserting an extensive public garden into the newly restored commercial center. The roof becomes a large public park that “mitigates rainwater runoff, insulates the interior spaces, and infuses Seoul’s city center with a breath of fresh air.” The design also includes three market pavilions which contain “eco-tubes”, channels that slice through the entire structure allowing daylight and ventilation to reach lower levels.
More images after the break.
Jo Rin Hun / IROJE KHM Architects
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Architects: IROJE KHM Architects
- Area: 169 m²
Digital Media City / SOM
SOM recently unveiled the design for the Digital Media City Landmark Tower in Seoul, Korea. The 2,100 foot (640m) tall tower will be the tallest tower in East Asia when completed in 2014.
The iconic building is located in the north of the Han River, which crosses the city, and will dominate the skyline becoming a important icon for Seoul… which is what you will expect if you commission a tower this tall.
Lotte Super Tower / KPF
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, the international architecture firm headquartered in New York, announced it has completed the conceptual design for Lotte Super Tower 123 in Seoul, South Korea. The 555-meter (1,821 feet), 123-story tower, when completed in 2014, will be the tallest building in Asia and the world’s second tallest after the Burj Dubai.
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) was selected earlier this year after an international design competition by owner/developer Lotte Group, one of South Korea’s largest conglomerates. This long anticipated project has now earned all major zoning approvals, and excavation is nearly complete. The building will serve as Lotte’s new corporate headquarters and will be built by Lotte Construction, a subsidiary of the group. Architect’s description after the break.