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OMA wraps glass public walkway around Galleria department store in Gwanggyo
Architecture firm OMA has completed the Galleria department store in Gwanggyo, South Korea, with a stone facade that has a multifaceted-glass passage cut into it. Built in the town of Gwanggyo, south...
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BCHO Architects merges seaside guesthouse with the landscape
The concrete rooms of Jipyungzip, a guesthouse by BCHO Architects in South Korea, are sunk into a grassy slope with flat roofs that form terraces overlooking the sea. Jipyungzip, also called Horizon...
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BCHO Architects shades open-air top floor of house with mesh gables
Raised mesh gables top Shaded Rooftop House in Seoul by BCHO Architects, so the occupants can enjoy a sheltered outdoor living space. The three-storey house is topped with gables made of white...
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UNStudio renovates and reclads fully occupied Seoul office tower
The Hanwha headquarters office tower in Seoul has been remodelled by Dutch architecture firm UNStudio, retrofitting its facade to hold solar panels. UNStudio won the competition to retrofit the...
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Snøhetta reveals plans for Cheongju New City Hall in South Korea
Snøhetta has unveiled visuals of a landmark city hall for Cheongju, South Korea, which will incorporate public spaces and use the existing government building as its entrance. Slated for completion in...
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DooSooGoBang restaurant in South Korea references Buddhist practices
The ascetic lifestyles and diets of Korean Buddhist monks influenced the interiors that Limtaehee Design Studio has created for DooSooGoBang restaurant in the city of Suwon, South Korea. DooSooGoBang,...
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Henning Larsen unveils mixed-use Seoul Valley scheme for South Korea
A cluster of towers and timber buildings will be swathed by greenery in Seoul Valley, a mixed-use scheme that Danish studio Henning Larsen has proposed for South Korea's capital. The...
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Minimalist micro-apartments in Seoul form "blank canvas for tenants"
Interior designer Ian Lee has lined the walls of the LIFE micro-apartments in South Korea with birch wood to offer tenants pared-back spaces that they can personalise. Located in Seoul's Gangnam...
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Subin Seol's furniture fuses art deco and traditional Korean aesthetics
Symmetry and repetition distinguish the work of Subin Seol, who combines and contrasts the distinctive visual language of her native Korean with art deco to create unexpected furniture pieces. The two...
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Plywood modules informed by modern art decorate Vans store in Seoul
Architecture studio Andrea Caputo has filled the Vans flagship store in Seoul with plywood modules for display and seating that reference the work of American artists Carl Andre and Donald Judd. The...
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Kohn Pedersen Fox creates "gateway" Bundang Doosan Tower as portal to Seoul
A skyscraper in the form of a doorway by architect Kohn Pedersen Fox that mimics a historic city gate has completed in Seoul. The Bundang Doosan Tower consists of two 27-storey blocks topped by a...
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Schemata Architects completes South Korean hotel where all furniture is for sale
Tokyo studio Schemata Architects has converted an industrial building in Jeju, South Korea, into a new location for retailer D&Department, featuring a store, restaurant, gallery and hotel in which...
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Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira Architects place concrete art pavilion...
Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira Architects have built a monolithic concrete art pavilion that will be used to display sculptures by Siza in an art park in South Korea. The pavilion was informed by...
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Images of Herzog & de Meuron's wedge-shaped art institute in Seoul revealed
Here are the first images of the wedge-shaped ST/SongEun Building by Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron, which has recently completed in Seoul, South Korea. The monolithic structure, which is due to...
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ST SongEun Building by Herzog & de Meuron opens to public in Seoul
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has released more photos of its ST SongEun Building, a wedge-shaped art institute that is now open in Seoul, South Korea. The pointed concrete...
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Burberry creates mirrored pop-up store on Jeju Island
British fashion brand Burberry has installed a pop-up store that reflects a surrounding mountain range on Jeju Island, South Korea, for its latest outerwear clothing collection. Nestled at the foot of...
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Commenter questions why Burberry designed "a building that could destroy...
In this week's comments update, readers are irritated by Burberry's design for a reflective pop-up store in South Korea and discussing other top stories. British fashion brand Burberry has installed a...
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Heatherwick Studio proposes pier with sense of "playful togetherness" for...
UK-based Heatherwick Studio has designed The Leaf, a multi-level pier for a site on the Han River near Seoul's Olympic stadium. The plant-covered pier was designed as part of the wider plan to...
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Intg designs Korean bank lounge with "floating meeting room"
Local design studio Intg has created minimalist interiors informed by traditional Korean architecture for a Seoul bank lounge. The private lounge was completed for Hana Bank, which is based in Yeouido,...
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UNStudio designs "urban speaker" as HQ of K-pop music agency
Amsterdam-based UNStudio has used sweeping geometric lines and metal surfaces to bring a sense of performance to the Seoul headquarters of South Korean music agency YG Entertainment. Abutting an...
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BIG and Samoo unveil design for "flood-proof" floating city Oceanix Busan
Architecture firms BIG and Samoo and tech company Oceanix have revealed their design for a first-of-its-kind climate-resilient floating city, destined for the seas off Busan in South Korea. Oceanix...
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Morphosis designs sleek electric vehicle charging stations for Genesis
Architecture studio Morphosis has created electric vehicle charging stations for South Korean car brand Genesis that feature wing-like canopies. A series of stations has been completed at outdoor...
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Burdifilek creates "zen-like ambience" in Seoul shopping mall
Indoor trees, natural light and a sculptural 12-metre-high waterfall help to create a calming shopping experience inside the Hyundai Seoul department store in Seoul, with interiors designed by Canadian...
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners enlivens Seoul skyscrapers with bright red...
Red-painted steel columns, trusses and cables reminiscent of the high-tech architecture movement define this mixed-used development in Seoul, South Korea, designed by London-based practice Rogers Stirk...
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Nameless Architecture creates "artificial valley" at base of Gyeryongsan...
Architecture studio Nameless Architecture has completed the Café Teri bakery in Daejeon, South Korea, in a pair of buildings that flow into a central courtyard. Located at the foot of the Gyeryongsan...
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Dezeen Debate newsletter features "skaters' paradise" cafe in South Korea
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features a cafe in South Korea with ramped walls and a discussion about the labour market after US studio Bernheimer Architecture announced it is unionizing....
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TRU Architects designs Bugok Friday House with indoor and outdoor living spaces
South Korea's traditional hanok homes informed the design of this compact house on a mountainside in Bugok, Changnyeong County, which features semi-outdoor spaces for relaxing in the summer. Bugok...
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Schemata Architects creates sports store with fixtures made from discarded...
Display fixtures made from jerry cans and blocks of polystyrene salvaged from the ocean feature in this concept store for a outdoor brand on Jeju island by Schemata Architects. Created for Kolon Sport,...
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Sik Mul Sung is a Mars-themed cafe with its own vertical farm
South Korean studio Unseenbird has designed a cafe in downtown Seoul, where vegetables are grown in a glass-fronted cultivation room before being harvested, prepared and served to customers on a...
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WGNB completes colourless interior for golf supply store PXG
South Korean spatial design studio WGNB has completed a flagship shop for golf brand PXG in Seoul, featuring an achromatic material palette and a graphite-covered wall that leaves smudges on visitors'...
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Six designers reimagine traditional Korean mother-of-pearl craft for modern life
Marcel Wanders, Stefano Giovannoni and Elena Salmistraro are among a group of international designers to have put a contemporary spin on the traditional Korean craft of mother-of-pearl inlay, in a...
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Sukchulmok adds curved brick forms to rooftop of Parconido Bakery Cafe
Curved forms and arched openings feature in this cafe, which Seoul studio Sukchulmok has added to an existing building in South Korea's Gyeonggi-do province. Named Parconido Bakery Cafe, the cafe is...
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Dezeen Debate features "beautifully executed" brick cafe in South Korea
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a red brick cafe in South Korea by Seoul studio Sukchulmok. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Seoul studio Sukchulmok has designed a red brick...
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Sukchulmok draws on children's toys for photography studio in South Korea
Toy bricks and childhood creativity informed Seoul studio Sukchulmok's design of Curving Block, a tent-like photography studio in South Korea. Located in Daejeon, the studio also provides a relaxation...
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Studio Weave nestles pink Seosaeng House into South Korean hillside
London-based practice Studio Weave used pink concrete tiles to clad a clifftop house that overlooks the sea in South Korea. Named Seosaeng House, the home is nestled into a hillside on the country's...
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On Architects draws on irrigation channels for concrete South Korean cafe
Walls made of exposed concrete and rice straw define Nonspace, a cafe designed by Korean studio On Architects to reference historic rice paddies in Icheon, South Korea. The cafe and community space by...
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Tadao Ando adds concrete meditation space to South Korean museum
Light filters through narrow slits in the roof of Space of Light, the second meditation space that Japanese architect Tadao Ando has completed at Museum SAN in Wonju. The geometric concrete structure...
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Traditional Korean pavilions inform open-sided Aesop store in Seoul
Skincare brand Aesop has collaborated with designer Samuso Hyojadong to create a store in Seochon, Seoul, that features an open facade and an oversized stone plinth. Positioned in one of the oldest...
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ODA designs skyscraper punctured by "greenery-filled terrarium" in Seoul
A large sky garden filled with plants will be the focal point of Terrarium Cheong-Dam, a skyscraper that architecture studio ODA is designing in South Korea. Measuring 200 metres in height, the...
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Five innovative design projects from Seoul Design 2023
A modular shelter made from cardboard, a street bench made of recycled plastics and oyster shells and an inkless pencil are among the highlights of this year's Seoul Design. For its 10th anniversary,...
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OMA to expand Seoul university with cluster of buildings and courtyards
A cluster of buildings and courtyards that act as "a natural extension" of a mountain will define this campus expansion, which Dutch studio OMA is creating for Hongik University in Seoul. The extension...
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Car-waste products and Shigeru Ban disaster housing among Seoul Design 2023...
Promotion: design festival Seoul Design returned to the city's Dongdaemun Design Plaza this month with a 10-day programme of exhibitions and events, offering a survey of South Korea's design landscape....
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"World's first" combined baseball stadium and shopping mall proposed for...
US architecture studio DLA+ has unveiled its design for a multi-purpose sports- and entertainment building in Incheon, South Korea, containing the Cheongna SSG baseball stadium and a shopping centre....
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MSG seeks to create "K-pop Sphere" for Hanam
The company behind MSG Sphere Las Vegas is reportedly planning to build a 120-metre-high spherical music venue that would host performances by K-pop artists in Hanam, South Korea. MSG, the owner of...
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Sukchulmok wraps Seoul bakery with stainless-steel facade
South Korean architecture studio Sukchulmok has renovated a bakery and cafe in Seoul and added a reflective facade made of stainless steel. Aiming to "maximise harmony" with the existing structure,...
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Herzog & de Meuron proposes giant cube for Seoul museum storage
Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled its design for the cubic Seoripul Open Art Storage building, which will become an archive for three museums in Seoul, South Korea. Set to be built on...
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YounghanChung Architects creates small study space in Seoul as a "microcosm...
A desire to "eliminate unnecessary spaces as much as possible" drove the design of Tiny Forest, a flexible study space in Jongno-gu, Seoul completed by YounghanChung Architects. The two-storey building...
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Atelier Koma creates concrete chapel to offer "separation from the secular...
An elevated box formed of exposed concrete forms the Meditation Chapel in Incheon, South Korea, designed by local studio Atelier Koma and architect Lee Eunsok. Located near the coast of Gangwha County,...
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Haneul Kim recreates Mario Botta's Shogun lamp using salvaged cinema screens
Designer Haneul Kim has joined forces with CGV, South Korea's largest cinema chain, to form a series of table lamps from the company's discarded screens. Over the past two years, CGV has had to remove...
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Concrete ring connects cluster of South Korean homes by AOA Architects
Seoul studio AOA Architects has created Hoji Gangneung, a series of uniquely shaped concrete dwellings linked by a raised, circular path in the South Korean countryside. Located in Gangwon-do, Hoji...
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