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Architecture as a Background and as Internal Space

What a great pleasure to finally see the Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture, which has opened after a long wait. Although we already have the Seoul Center for Architecture & Urbanism in the not-so-far-away Donuimun Open Creative Village, this Hall was built in Seoul to address the nature of the city and architect...

Jun 14, 2019
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[Interview] Hear From the CCA: The Museum is Not Enough

Giovanna Borasi (chief curator, CCA) × Park Semi

Jun 13, 2019
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Questioning the Role of the Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture and Similar Institutions

Kim Taehyung (director-general, Urban Space Improvement Bureau in Seoul) x Lim Yookyung (associate research...

Jun 13, 2019
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Cutting Edge Simplicity

You Hyemi’s furniture is simple. It is designed carefully to accommodate collapsibility while treating the ...

Jun 11, 2019
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[Series] Living Sejong, Reading Sejong: Questions After One Year 1

Living Sejong, Reading Sejong: Questions After One Year (1)The development background and the current sit...

Jun 05, 2019
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CELINE: Introducing A New Identity Through the Design of Its Flagship Store

The Celine store on Madison Avenue in New York, designed by Hedi Slimane - scouted as Celine's new creative...

Jun 05, 2019
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To Embrace the Future of Manufacturing

On May 10, the ‘Sewoon Global Forum: Urban Manufacturing Next’ took place at Sewoon Hall in Sewoon Sangga. ...

Jun 05, 2019
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About Ever-Growing Knots

Inspired by his mother’s knitting, Lee Kwangho began to braid wires, hoses, and PVC tubes. His lighting and...

May 29, 2019
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[Critique] Engaging with the Rural Landscape

Unlike metropolitan districts, which are mostly shaped by the market, rural areas are modified primarily by...

May 22, 2019
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[Essay] Things that Realize a Communal Life

Faced with a declining and aging population, small cities are losing their inhabitants and are under threat...

May 22, 2019
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Designing Lightweight Architecture for Recycling: The 2018 Seoul Plaza Ice Rink

Last winter, just as any other year, an ice rink was installed in front of the Seoul Plaza. However, this t...

May 10, 2019
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Imagine Ten Years After of A Building: Seongsu Yeonbang

In January, a building that was once a chemical plant in Seongsu-dong, Daemyung Chemical, was renovated and...

May 10, 2019
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[Critique] Narrative Architecture in the Era of YOLO

These days, where the absoluteness of aesthetic standards in design is often in doubt, I feel it increasing...

Apr 26, 2019
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[Essay] An Attitude to Campus Architecture

Choi Moongyu (professor, Yonsei University)

Apr 26, 2019
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Nathalie Du Pasquier: Memphis Tennessee

Nathalie Du Pasquier’s exhibition ‘The Strange Order of Things’ is held at PACE Gallery Seoul from Mar. 8 t...

Mar 28, 2019
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[Critique] And That Leaves the Problem of the Elevation

Mar 28, 2019
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[Essay] Fragments that are Present and also Realistic

Seo Seungmo (principal, Samuso Hyojadong)

Mar 28, 2019
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A History From Six Perspectives

‘Immortality in the Cloud’, on display at the Ilmin Museum of Art, explores how history adopts new conventi...

Mar 22, 2019
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The Creative Convergence of Modernity and the Vernacular

The Cambodia ACLEDA Institute of Business Campus project was launched with the objective of establishing an...

Mar 22, 2019
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[Roundtable] Blooming a Talk Flower with NUNA

Yang Soo-in (principal, Lifethings) x Ko Kiwoong (principal, Office 53427) x Kim Kwangsoo (principal, studi...

Mar 04, 2019
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The Glass Pyramid Dissapears

‘Unveiling’ | Perrotin Seoul | 17 January – 9 March, 2019

Feb 26, 2019