Skyscrapers in Seoul: this week we've run a series of stories on the Yongsan International Business District, a new commercial hub in Seoul, South Korea, that's due for completion in 2024. Commissioned by South Korean developer DreamHub, the new district has been masterplanned by architect Daniel Libeskind and will include skyscrapers by a host of international architects including Renzo Piano, BIG, MVRDV, REX, Dominique Perrault and Libeskind. Here’s a slideshow to bring them all together. More »
Tag: South Korea
Slideshow feature: Yongsan
Project R6 by REX
Skyscrapers in Seoul: New York firm REX was another of the seventeen architects commissioned to design skyscrapers for the fast-growing Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea. They've proposed a tower that looks like like a filing cabinet with its drawers open. More »
The Blade by Dominique Perrault
Skyscrapers in Seoul: the next building in our series from the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, is a skyscraper designed by French architect Dominique Perrault, with faceted glass that will ripple across the surface. More »
Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith
+ Gordon Gill Architecture
Skyscrapers in Seoul: a pair of 450 metre-high towers with glass scales by Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture are the latest of fifteen skyscrapers commissioned for the Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, following recently released designs by BIG and MVRDV. More »
Cross # Towers by BIG
Skyscrapers in Seoul: Danish architects BIG have designed a towering apartment block for Seoul that will be shaped like a hashtag. More »
Skinspace
by AND
Saii+Kama
by M4
Nam June Paik Library by N H D M
The public library for an arts centre in South Korea is condensed into a cube at the centre of a room. More »
The Cloud by MVRDV
Skyscrapers in Seoul: Dutch architects MVRDV have designed two skyscrapers for Seoul, Korea, that will be joined at the hip by a pixelated cluster. More »
Renovation of Julia's Apartment
by Moohoi Architecture
Timber baton screens surround the new ground and first floor decks of a renovated house in Seoul by Korean studio Moohoi Architecture. More »
Villa Topoject by AND
Sky is the Limit by Didier Faustino

Two shipping containers provide a sea-facing observation deck atop this tower in South Korea by Portuguese artist Didier Faustino. More »
Natural by Manuel Alvarez Diestro

Photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro has sent us these photographs documenting growing high-rise cities in Asia. More »









