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South Korea Buildings : Architectural Information + Images

Key Contemporary Developments + Buildings in South Korea, Asia



We've selected what we feel are the key examples of South Korean Architecture. We aim to include South Korean buildings that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.

We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and competitions across South Korea.

Selection of Korean Architecture, alphabetical:

Korean Architecture : A-E (this page)

Korean Building Designs : F-O

Korean Buildings : P-Z

South Korea Building - Latest Designs

Yongsan Tower Building, Seoul
REX
Yongsan Tower Building
image : Luxigon

Yongsan Tower Building - 17 May 2012
Another intriguing building located in the Yongsan International Business District, alongside a series of major new buildings designed by world-famous architects. The building forms a gateway to YIBD from Hangang-ro.

The Blade, Seoul
Dominique Perrault Architecture
The Blade Seoul
image : 2012 © Luxigon / DPA / Adagp

The Blade Seoul
Dominique Perrault has been selected to build a tower within the future Yongsan International Business Center in Seoul, whose masterplan was designed by Daniel Libeskind. "It is not a square or a round building, but a rhomboid prism, arranged in a way that makes it look different depending on the angle of approach. Inspired by its slender shape and sharp edges, the tower has been named The Blade".

Dancing Dragons, Yongsan International Business District in Seoul
AS+GG
Dancing Dragons Seoul
image © AS+GG

Dancing Dragons Seoul - 10 May 2012
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is pleased to announce its design for Dancing Dragons, a pair of landmark supertall mixed-use towers for the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea. The buildings, which include residential, “officetel” and retail elements, consist of slender, sharply angled mini-towers cantilevered around a central core. The design aesthetic is highly contemporary yet informed by aspects of traditional Korean culture.

Expo Yeosu Pavilion
soma architecture
Expo Yeosu Building
image from architect

Expo Yeosu Pavilion - 9 May 2012
soma‘s Thematic Pavilion, the major landmark building for this year‘s EXPO in Yeosu, South Korea is close to completion. The official opening ceremony will take place on 12th May 2012. soma‘s design was chosen as the first prize winner in an open international architecture competition in 2009.

Cross Towers, Seoul
BIG
Cross Towers Seoul
image : MIR

Cross Towers Seoul - 3 May 2012
BIG’s residential towers in the Yongsan International Business District revitalize the Han riverfront into a new commercial and residential center for the citizens of Seoul. Situated at the south-east edge of the Yongsan master plan designed by Studio Liebeskind for the Korean development group Dreamhub, BIG’s Cross # Towers will contribute to the developing skyline of Seoul and become a recognizable marker of the new cultural and commercial center of the city.

La Maison Hermès Dosan Park, Seoul
RDAI
La Maison Hermès Dosan Park Seoul
picture © Masao Nishikawa

La Maison Hermès Dosan Park Seoul - added 4 Apr 2012
"When the president of Hermès Korea first showed me the place he envisaged buying for the construction of the Maison Hermès in Seoul, I was immediately seduced by the charm of its environment, and by the proximity to the neighbouring Dosan Park."

SK Chemicals Headquarters, South Korea
Heerim Architects & Planners
SK Chemicals Headquarters
photo from architects

SK Chemicals Headquarters Korea - 25 Aug 2011

Busan Opera House
various architects
Busan Opera House design
picture : Matteo Cainer Architects Ltd

Korean Opera House Design + Korean Opera House Architecture Contest
Busan is the fifth largest port of the world. The Busan Opera House is located in the Busan North Port development area. This zone is home to a cultural complex department, museums, a maritime culture center, a cruise center, waterfront causeway, public parks, an opera, a theater and a business district.

South Korea Building - Recent Designs

Jeongok Prehistory Museum
X-TU
Jeongok Prehistory Museum South Korea
photo from architect

Jeongok Prehistory Museum

Galleria Centercity, Cheonan
UNStudio
Galleria Centercity Cheonan
photo : Kim Yong-kwan

Galleria Centercity Cheonan

Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea : International Design Competition

Korea Buildings

Major South Korean Buildings / Projects, alphabetical:

The Ananti Club, Seoul
Ken Min Architects
Ananti Club Seoul
photo : Song Jae Young

The Ananti Club
 
Ann Demeulemeester store, Seoul
Minsuk Cho + Kisu Park
Seoul store building
image from Minsuk Cho

Seoul store
 
Asian Culture Complex, Gwangju
Kyu Sung Woo Architects
Asian Culture Complex Korea
picture from SGLA

Asian Culture Complex Korea
 
Bupyeong Post Office, Incheon
Kyungam Architects Associates
Bupyeong Post Office
picture from architect

Bupyeong Post Office
 
Busan Cinema Center, Busan
Coop Himmelb(l)au Architects
Busan Cinema Center
image © ISOCHROM.com, Vienna

Busan Cinema Center : Architecture contest
 
Busan Opera House Competition
Korean Ideas Contest
Busan Opera House Competition
picture from organiser
Busan Opera House Competition
 
Busan World Business Centre
UNStudio Architects
Busan building
image : UNStudio 2007

Korean building
 
Cheonan Post Office, Chungdang
Kyungam Architects Associates
Cheonan Post Office
image from architect

Cheonan Post Office
 
Chuncheon District Court, Wonju
Kyungam Architects Associates
Chuncheon District Court Korea
picture from architect

Chuncheon District Court
 
Dalki Theme Park + Shop, Heyri
SLADE ARCHITECTURE + others
Dalki Theme Park
photograph : Yong Kwan Kim

Dalki Theme Park
 
Digital Media City Landmark Tower, Seoul
SOM
Digital Media City Landmark Tower
image from architect

Digital Media City Landmark Tower
 
Donghae Hansome Resort Masterplan
Kyungam Architects Associates
Han Island Korea
image from architect

Han Island Resort
 
E-BRARY
Samoo Architects & Engineers
E-BRARY Korea
image from architect

E-BRARY Building
Element House, Anyang
Rintala Eggertsson Architects
Element House
photo : Park Wan Soon

Element House

Korean Architecture - no images, alphabetical:

DMC B6/2 office building, Digital Media City, Seoul
2007
Barkow Leibinger

Dulnyouk Publishers, Paju Book City, nr Seoul
2006
Foreign Office Architects
South Korean Architecture : RIBA International Awards 2006

More South Korean Architecture projects online soon



 




Incheon Urban Design Competition : Incheon Metropolitan City, 2009
Incheon Metropolitan City
picture from organiser

Garak Market Development, Seoul



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