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[Re-Visit SPACE] The Stair in Agony: Residence for OH, the Kong Illkon Architecture Institute

The ‘Residence for OH’, as featured in SPACE No. 56 (July 1971), is a small detached house of 34-pyeong (about 112㎡). It is impossible to know whether it reflects the personality of the owner ‒ who is a celebrity ‒ or whether its styling was simply the architect’s preferred means of expression; the hous...

Jul 25, 2022
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World of Sensation that Reflects the Reality: ‘...

The private exhibition ‘Jean-Michel Othoniel: Treasure Gardens’ by French contemporary artist Jean-Michel O...

Jul 21, 2022
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A Flexible Way of Protecting our Architectural ...

The UK operates Listed Building registration to protect its architectural heritage, and structures are rank...

Jul 15, 2022
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Something Book-like, Something Architecture-lik...

Sometimes, the attempt to define something may prove reductive. SUPERELLIPSE deals with design, furniture, ...

Jul 12, 2022
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A ‘Talking To’ for the Self-Contradicting Indiv...

The solo exhibition ‘Homo Natura’ by Song Sanghee, which was on show at Seoul Museum of Art, came to an end...

Jul 08, 2022
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Optimising the Highest: Park Heedo

Park Heedo studied architecture at the School of Architecture and architectural Engineering in Hanyang Uni...

Jul 07, 2022
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The Evolution of Design Competitions and the Ch...

On the 31st of May, the results of the ‘Buncheon Branch School in Bonghwa-gun ‒ Competition for the P...

Jun 27, 2022
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Discovering the Boundless Possibilities of Draw...

Drawing Matter, as the name suggests, is an organisation dedicated to elevating the importance of architect...

Jun 23, 2022
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[Re-Visit SPACE] Special Feature on Architect P...

Park Kilyong was covered, a month later than Kim Chung-up, in SPACE No. 6 (Apr. 1967). It was entitled ‘Arc...

Jun 22, 2022
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Smooth as Expected: Lee Seungho

Jun 14, 2022
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The Attitude of Keeping Record of Architecture ...

The Mokchon Foundation, founded in 2010, has been working on the ‘Current Korean Modern Architecture Archiv...

May 31, 2022
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[Re-Visit SPACE] The Issue of ‘Japan’ for Korea...

In July 1967, SPACE No. 9 was conceived as a special issue on Japanese modern architecture. During the peri...

May 19, 2022
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Reconstructing The Vanished Buildings And The ...

Erased Korean Modern Architecture authored by Park Goeun was published in January 2022, highlighting the er...

May 18, 2022
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Weighing Up the Future of the Hilton Hotel

May 11, 2022
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Change Cards According to the Role: OUR LABOUR

May 06, 2022
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To Instigate a Virtuous Circle: Tanatap Ring Ga...

​There are various ways in which a café can gain more publicity. Tanatap Ring Garden, which is a...

May 04, 2022
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Architectural Elements Found in SINKI INDUSTRY ...

May 03, 2022
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WHERE EVERYDAY AND NON-EVERYDAY, DAY AND NIGHT,...

Towards the end of last year, another historic factory in Seongsu-dong was given new life as a new spatial ...

Apr 22, 2022
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[Re-Visit SPACE] The Jewellery Box of a Manneri...

Is anyone easily persuaded that the designer of this extraordinary house, the Residence of Mr. Kang, is Yoo...

Apr 19, 2022
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Doing Vertual: Oh Yeonjoo, Jeong Haewook

ʻI am an Architectʼ was planned to meet young architects who seek their own architecture in a va...

Apr 15, 2022
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SERENE AND WHITE: GRAPHIC

A building with an exterior that resembles a stack of books, known as Graphic, now occupies a place on Hoen...

Apr 05, 2022