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The Opening of the Cabinet of Curiosities: A Paradigm Shift in the Art Museum and MMCA Cheongju

Recently, a Cabinet of Curiosities opened in Cheongju, Korea. About 11,000 collected artworks from the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) were put on display at a tobacco processing plant in Cheongju, which had closed down in 2004. The MMCA Cheongju, which opened its doors as a ‘visible museum’ w...

Jan 29, 2019
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Design: The New Wave Presenting the Meaning of ...

‘New Wave ll: Design and Engaging Communities’ | Kumho Museum of Art | Sep. 5, 2018 – Feb. 10, 2019

Jan 28, 2019
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How Far Will Humankind Go in Pursuit of Their D...

‘SOPHIENS’ | Gana Art Center | Nov. 16 – Dec. 30, 2018

Jan 28, 2019
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Obsession: Memory, Connection and Creation

'Obsession' | Arko Art Center | Dec. 19, 2018 – Feb. 3, 2019

Jan 25, 2019
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DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE PAST AND PRESENT: AMOS REX

In Aug. 2018, Amos Rex, a modern art museum, opened its door to the public in Helsinki, Finland. This museu...

Jan 25, 2019
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Architectural Education in the Digital Era

It is hard to picture architecture without digital now. Already, discussing the atypical beauty realizable ...

Jan 17, 2019
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[Interview] The Architect who Works with Life w...

​Jeong Jaeheon (professor, Kyung Hee University) × Kim Jeoungeun (editor-in-chief, SPACE)​​

Jan 10, 2019
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Nine Points of National Identity: Defining Japa...

Exhibiting the Connections Between Nation and Architecture_‘Japan in Architecture’ at Mori Art Museum

Dec 12, 2018
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Architectural Testimony of Yugoslavia

Exhibiting the Connections Between Nation and Architecture_‘Toward a Concrete Utopia’ at MoMA

Dec 11, 2018
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CONVERSATION IN BLOOMS IN THE MUSEUM​

‘ MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2018: CHOIJEONGHWA – Blooming Matrix ’ National Museum of Modern and Con...

Dec 08, 2018
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[Essay] FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS

I hope that the sustainability of a profession such as an architect will derive its primary function from d...

Nov 30, 2018
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[Critique] CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE AND GENERATION...

Who knows most about buildings? Without needing to refer to reception theory, buildings become received and...

Nov 30, 2018
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Aristide Antonas, Plugging in a Derelict City

The exhibition ‘The House for Doing Nothing’, dedicated to architect Aristide Antonas, whose works cross th...

Nov 30, 2018
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Fixing Up for Settlement: Namhae Dolchanggo Pro...

We visited Namhae’s Daejeong Dolchanggo, the site that Wise Architecture has only recently finished remodel...

Nov 29, 2018
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Architect Collectives for the New Era

This project hopes to provide a description of the reality faced by the architect groups of the new generat...

Nov 09, 2018
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Everyday Architect(ure) in the Era of the New N...

The aim of this text can be summarised in the following question: how do we define architects in Korea who ...

Nov 09, 2018
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Kim Chung-up’s New Appearance Sees the Light of...

The ‘Kim Chung-up Dialogue’, an exhibition co-hosted by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art ...

Oct 14, 2018
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Clustering Culture: 2018 Asia Cities Culture Forum

Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture hosted the 2018 Asia Cities Cul...

Oct 04, 2018
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[Essay] CHALLENGING THE NEW POSSIBILITIES OF A ...

Jo Jinman (principal, Jo Jinman Architects)

Sept 28, 2018
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Junya Ishigami: Building with Gravity, Greenery...

In response to its huge public success, the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain has just extended the...

Sept 18, 2018
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Frida Escobedo, Sending Ripples Across Space an...

Frida Escobedo, the architect behind this year’s elegant pavilion, is only the second solo woman architect ...

Sept 13, 2018