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Woosung Residential Complex, Seoul

3,000-unit proposal by architects AllesWirdGut for a invited architectural competition: 120,000 m² area situated in a privileged waterside location for a development of 17 high-rise buildings on amorphously shaped plinths.

IPARK, Daegu Wolbae

Design intervention by UNStudio for two new residential developments in Daegu Wolbae. The project for Hyundai Development Company counteracts the prevailing utilitarian approach. The provocative yet investigative, affordable and health-focused proposal breaks the impersonal homogeneity and the traditions of high density living in South Korea.

Namdaemun Office Tower in Seoul by Mecanoo | www.e-architect.co.uk

Namdaemun Office Building in Seoul by Mecanoo

With its stark linear facade patterns, this office building in Seoul stands out from the vibrant market district that surround it. The office tower is Dutch architects Mecanoo’s first completed project in South Korea’s capital.

Yongsan Tower, Seoul Skyscraper Building by REX

Design: REX, Architects

YIBD “Project R6” is located in Yongsan Business District, alongside a series of major new buildings designed by world-famous architects. All units command great views and the building forms a gateway from Hangang-ro.

Dancing Dragons Seoul, Yongsan Towers | www.e-architect.co.uk

Dancing Dragons Seoul, Yongsan Towers: Skyscrapers

Design: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

A pair of landmark supertall towers for the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul. The buildings, which include residential, “officetel” and retail elements, consist of slender, sharply angled mini-towers cantilevered around a central core. The highly contemporary design aesthetic is informed by aspects of traditional Korean culture.

Eco Bridge Design Competition in Seoul

Lithuanian architects’ proposal based on a simple concept: recreate the link that once existed with a spatial structure. The architectural design is “atmospherically reminiscent to a pictorial passage” through the two discontinued mountain peaks.

LG Science Park in Seoul

Architects: HOK

LG Science Park, the HOK-designed 11.8 million-sq.-ft. research and science campus for global consumer and electronics brand LG Group, is now three quarters of the way to completion.

Namdaemun Office Building in Seoul by Mecanoo | www.e-architect.co.uk

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Tongyeong Music Hall Building, South Korea

Design: Form4 Architecture, Architects

This 1,300-seat concert hall building is located on an ocean side bluff. Designed to resound the intensity and vibrancy of Korean composer Isang Yun’s music.

Young Architect Program in Korea Finalist design

Young Architect Program in Korea Finalist Proposal

Design: Jae Kim, Architect

The First Time We Met: A Story of Us and the Tree: this proposal and narrative started from the question of what the origins of our society and architecture are.

Hyundai Motorstudio in Goyang

Architects: ATELIER BRÜCKNER

The Hyundai Motorstudio Goyang has opened its doors. It is the largest centre of automotive culture in Korea, a brand world used by car maker Hyundai to present itself to a broad public.

Shinsegae Tower in Seoul

Design: Olson Kundig Architects

In designing a new fifteen-story headquarters for international luxury clothier Shinsegae International, Olson Kundig sought to create an iconic landmark in the heart of Gangnam-gu, one of Seoul’s largest districts.

Kolon Future Research Park HQ in Seoul

Design: mOrphosis architects

The Kolon Group, based in Seoul, is a diverse corporation whose activities range from textiles, chemicals, and sustainable technologies, to original clothing lines in the athletic and ready-to-wear fashion markets.