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South Korea Building Developments
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post updated 1 September 2024
We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of South Korean Building Developments.
We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and competitions across South Korea. The focus is on contemporary South Korea buildings.
We have 4 pages of South Korean Building Development selections.
Building Developments in South Korea
Korean Architecture : news + key projects
South Korean Building Developments : A-E (this page)
Korean Building Designs : F-O
Korean Buildings : P-Z
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Korea Buildings
Major South Korean Buildings / Projects, alphabetical:
The Ananti Club, Seoul
Design: Ken Min Architects
photo : Song Jae Young
The Ananti Club
Ann Demeulemeester store, Seoul
Design: Minsuk Cho + Kisu Park
image from Minsuk Cho
Seoul store
Archipelago 21 Seoul
Design: Studio Daniel Libeskind
image © Ray-us corp
Archipelago 21 Seoul – 31 May 2012
Archipelago21 – a masterplan for the major redevelopment for the Yongsan International Business District – dramatically reinvents the landscape of Korea’s historic capital city. This sustainable urban development is made up of over 30 million square feet of built area and will include a new international business district, world-class shopping, residential neighborhoods, cultural institutions, educational facilities and transportation, all sited in a large urban park along the Han River.
Asian Culture Complex, Gwangju
Design: Kyu Sung Woo Architects
picture from SGLA
Asian Culture Complex Korea
The Blade, Seoul
Design: Dominique Perrault Architecture
image : 2012 © Luxigon / DPA / Adagp
The Blade Seoul
Dominique Perrault has been selected to build a tower within the future Yongsan International Business Center in Seoul, whose masterplan was designed by Daniel Libeskind. “It is not a square or a round building, but a rhomboid prism, arranged in a way that makes it look different depending on the angle of approach”.
Bupyeong Post Office, Incheon
Design: Kyungam Architects Associates
picture from architect
Bupyeong Post Office
Busan Cinema Center, Busan
Design: Coop Himmelb(l)au Architects
image © ISOCHROM.com, Vienna
Busan Cinema Center : Architecture contest
Busan Opera House Competition
Korean Ideas Contest
picture from organiser
Busan Opera House Competition
Busan Opera House Design
Design: various architects
picture : Matteo Cainer Architects Ltd
Korean Opera House Design + Korean Opera House Architecture Contest
Busan is the fifth largest port of the world. The Busan Opera House is located in the Busan North Port development area. This zone is home to a cultural complex department, museums, a maritime culture center, a cruise center, waterfront causeway, public parks, an opera, a theater and a business district.
Busan World Business Centre
Design: UNStudio Architects
image : UNStudio 2007
Busan World Business Centre
Cheonan Post Office, Chungdang
Design: Kyungam Architects Associates
image from architect studio
Cheonan Post Office
Chuncheon District Court, Wonju
Design: Kyungam Architects Associates
picture from architect practice
Chuncheon District Court
Cross Towers, Seoul
Design: BIG
image : MIR
Cross Towers Seoul – 3 May 2012
BIG’s residential towers in the Yongsan International Business District revitalize the Han riverfront into a new commercial and residential center for the citizens of Seoul. Situated at the south-east edge of the Yongsan master plan designed by Studio Liebeskind for the Korean development group Dreamhub, BIG’s Cross # Towers will contribute to the developing skyline of Seoul and become a recognizable marker of the new cultural and commercial center of the city.
Daeyang Gallery and House, Seoul
Design: Steven Holl Architects
photograph : Iwan Baan
Daeyang Gallery and House – 29 May 2012
The private gallery and house is sited in the hills of the Kangbuk section of Seoul, Korea. The project was designed as an experiment parallel to a research studio on “the architectonics of music.”
Dalki Theme Park + Shop, Heyri
Design: SLADE ARCHITECTURE + others
photograph : Yong Kwan Kim
Dalki Theme Park
Dancing Dragons, Yongsan, Seoul
Design: AS+GG
image © AS+GG
Dancing Dragons Seoul
Dancing Towers, Yongsan Business District, Seoul
Design: Studio Daniel Libeskind
image © Crystal
Dancing Towers Seoul – 30 May 2012
These Korean skyscraper buildings form a mixed-use development that consists of three 41 story residential towers, (a total of 834 total residential units). The design is “inspired by the traditional Korean Buddhist Dance known as Seung-Moo”.
Diagonal Tower, Seoul
Design: SOM
image © SOM/Crystal CG
Diagonal Tower – 1 Jun 2012
A case study in efficiency, SOM’s design of the 343-meter (1,125-foot) tall Diagonal Tower successfully integrates massing, structure, and performance to minimize wind loads, reduce construction costs, provide dramatic views, and meet strict energy codes—all while maintaining an iconic skyline presence.
Digital Media City Landmark Tower, Seoul
SOM
image from architect firm
Digital Media City Landmark Tower
Donghae Hansome Resort Masterplan
Kyungam Architects Associates
image from architecture office
Han Island Resort
E-BRARY
Samoo Architects & Engineers
image from architects firm
E-BRARY Building
Element House, Anyang
Rintala Eggertsson Architects
photo : Park Wan Soon
Element House
Expo Yeosu Pavilion
soma architecture
image from architectural practice
Expo Yeosu Pavilion
South Korea Building Developments – No Images
South Korean Building Developments, alphabetical:
DMC B6/2 office building, Digital Media City, Seoul
Date built: 2007
Design: Barkow Leibinger
Dulnyouk Publishers, Paju Book City, near Seoul
Date built: 2006
Design: Foreign Office Architects
South Korean Architecture : RIBA International Awards 2006
More South Korean Architecture Developments online soon
Location: South Korea, Eastern Asia
Incheon Urban Design Competition : Incheon Metropolitan City, 2009
picture from organiser
Garak Market Development, Seoul
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East Asian Architectural Designs
South Korea Architecture Competition
Buildings / photos for the South Korean Building Developments page welcome.