Tag Seoul, South Korea

21-10-2021

Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021

The third edition of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021 entitled "CROSSROADS Building the Resilient City" and directed by architect Dominique Perrault was inaugurated on September 16. At the centre of the various events and exhibitions that will animate the biennial until October 31, the emphasis is on reflections and visions of the city of the future and of the contemporary city, to identify new sustainable paths. The intent is also to explore the pivotal role of architecture and urban planning in charting new perspectives towards a more sustainable world.

21-09-2021

THISS at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism

The British architecture firm THISS, founded by architects Tamsin Hanke and Sash Scott, is present at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021 (SBAU) with the Resilient Monument project. The installation in the Cities section of the SBAU investigates the meaning of monuments, examined from the point of view of resilience.

12-07-2021

Empathy Park by studio audal for the Seoul International Garden Festival

Quentin Aubry and Zeger Dalenberg’s Studio audal designed Empathy Park in Seoul, South Korea: a park for everyone, from insects to animals and various categories of people. The installation was created for the Seoul International Garden Festival with the Korean landscape architects of Timperley Garden.

11-02-2021

Foster + Partners designs Hankook Technoplex headquarters in Pangyo, Seoul

The Foster + Partners architecture firm has designed the new Hankook headquarters, South Korean company specialised in the production of tires. Built in Pangyo, on the outskirts of Seoul, the new building has been conceived to go beyond the corporate vision of a classic and hierarchical entrepreneurship, offering flexible and dynamic workspaces and becoming the symbol of a constantly evolving and future-oriented corporate culture.

06-10-2020

ONSTAGE: INTERVIEW WITH JINHEE PARK, SsD

“Our goal is to become educated and enthusiastic generalists: To not be limited by silos of knowledge but instead further the larger project of architecture and urbanism through creating new links between cultural, technological, and political influences and frameworks.”—SsD

23-09-2020

SPEED & SUSTAINABILITY

"There are just some things you have to learn through experience…when you work for yourself, you have to pay for all the mistakes you do”, Jinhee Park, SsD.

04-08-2020

UNStudio's design for the Korean National Football Centre in Seoul comes out on top

The design competition for the creation of the new Korean National Football Centre in Seoul has been won by the submission from Dutch architecture firm UNStudio, in collaboration with the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam. The new complex will not only celebrate the history of Korean football, but also promote the future of the sport and a healthy lifestyle: not only football, then, but also health, wellbeing, science, technology and education at the service of Korea’s sports fans and athletes.

28-01-2020

Achille Castiglioni and brothers. Master of Italian Design exhibition at Seoul Arts Centre

Hangaram Art Museum in the Seoul Arts Centre (SAC) in Seoul, South Korea presents the exhibition "Achille Castiglioni and brothers. Master of Italian Design" starting on January 17. The exhibition curators and installation designers are architects Ico Migliore and Mara Servetto, founders of Migliore+Servetto Architects.

12-12-2018

CTBUH’s list of outstanding skyscrapers

The list of skyscrapers presented with an Award of Excellence, the first step in the CTBUH 2019 Awards presented to the world’s best tall buildings by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, have been announced.