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[60th Anniversary] THEME 4. How Have Korean Apartments Evolved?

Apartments started to be built in Korea with the emergence of domestic technology in the 1950s. In little more than sixty years, they have become the country’s dominant housing type, now accommodating more than half of Korean households and accounting for over 80% of newly built housing. In the 1960s, apartments suc...

Nov 13, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] ESSAY | Experiments Under Gi...

During the design phase in Korea, structure and technology are often treated as a ‘given’ rather than a ‘ch...

Nov 12, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] THEME 3. How Do New Structur...

This subsection examines projects that treat structural systems and methods of fabrication as active variab...

Nov 11, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] THEME 3. How Does Technology...

The high-rise building is a typology made possible by the surfacing of various foundational developments in...

Nov 10, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] THEME 3. How Are Large-Scale...

Large-scale architecture demands advanced engineering to span longer distances and accommodate larger numbe...

Nov 10, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] THEME 2. How Do Materials Re...

Value judgments are also embedded in the ways materials are revealed. Whereas the preceding subsection exam...

Nov 09, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] ESSAY | Room for Interventio...

For the 60th anniversary special issue of SPACE, as part of ‘Materials and Materiality’, four works were se...

Nov 09, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] THEME 2. How Have the Possib...

Working with materials in architecture can sometimes seem like a matter of selecting and combining from a g...

Nov 06, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] THEME 2. How Do Materials Sh...

Even so, the achievements that have transformed the properties of materials into architectural effects are ...

Nov 06, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] Formal Representation and Ex...

Monumentality is a key attribute of architecture considered to be a product of society. It publicly express...

Nov 05, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] THEME 1. How Do Global Archi...

Looking back over the 60-year history of contemporary Korean architecture, it is just as important to exami...

Nov 04, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] Reflecting on 60 Years in t...

I look back fondly on Seoul in 1966, when SPACE began its journey 60 years ago. At the time, Seoul was unde...

Nov 04, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] THEME 1. How Have We Embrace...

For architects, perhaps the most fundamental question is how to approach design and put it into practice in...

Nov 03, 2026
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[60th Anniversary] Reasoning Behind the 100 Pro...

Oct 30, 2026
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Building and Living to Fit: Cho Jungsun, Choi...

‘I am an Architect’ was planned to meet young architects who seek their own architecture in a variety of ma...

Oct 26, 2026
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[CRITIQUE] A Utopia of Affirmativity in the Neo...

BIG is one of the most innovative and influential architectural practices of our time. While accommodating ...

Oct 19, 2026
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From Architectural Experimentation to Urban Pra...

Park Kyong (1955‒) served as Co-Artistic Director of the Korean Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale....

Oct 12, 2026
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From Architectural Experimentation to Urban Pra...

Park Kyong (1955‒) served as Co-Artistic Director of the Korean Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale....

Oct 06, 2026
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[INTERVIEW] A Champion Full of Love | BIG

I’d describe our philosophy of architecture as utopian pragmatism. Utopia is a place so perfect it can only...

Sept 30, 2026
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[EDITORIAL] Architects of Optimism in an Age of...

Sept 29, 2026
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Reading Order, Making Change: Jung Jiyoung

‘I am an Architect’ was planned to meet young architects who seek their own architecture in a variety of ma...

Sept 23, 2026