LG Display's OLED panels create decorative lighting for Baskin Robbins ice cream shop
Dezeen promotion: a mix of rigid and flexible lighting panels create a grid of illuminated shapes on the ceiling of this new Baskin Robbins cafe in Seoul. More
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"Seoullo is no High Line, but it is of equal importance"
MVRDV's plant-covered walkway in Seoul may look like a low-budget version of the High Line, but it's much more than that – it's the sign of a new frontier in city-making, says new Dezeen columnist Gerard Reinmuth. More
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MVRDV's "Seoul High Line" captured in new photographs
Four months after MVRDV revealed its plant-covered walkway on a former elevated highway in Seoul, photographer Jim Stephenson visited the project to see how it is settling into the city. More
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LG Display uses OLED lighting to transform galleries inside National Palace Museum of Korea
Dezeen promotion: by replacing the lighting inside the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul, LG Display has created more space for exhibiting historic artefacts and royal treasures. More
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Discover Seoul's most stand-out architecture and design with our new Pinterest board
With the inaugural Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2017 now underway, we created a new board of the most exciting projects in South Korea's capital, including MVRDV's High Line-inspired walkway and Zaha Hadid Architects' undulating Dongdaemun Design Plaza cultural complex. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Seoul Biennale visitors invited to experience replica of a North Korean home
Amid rising tensions between North Korea and the rest of the world, a pair of architects have built a full-scale mockup of a Pyongyang apartment, as part of an exhibition in the South Korean capital. More
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Growmore is a modular building kit for urban gardeners
Planting boxes can be bolted together to create mini gardens and farms, with this simple construction system devised by Danish architects Sine Lindholm and Mads-Ulrik Husum. More
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Seoul restaurant panelled with wood in ode to former owner's love of oak trees
Korean firms By Seog Be Seog and MMOA Studio made oak the focus of their interiors for 70-year-old Seoul restaurant Chosunoak's second location. More
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Snarkitecture's installation for COS will feature thousands of glass marbles
Snarkitecture is set to create an immersive installation for fashion brand COS in Seoul, which will see thousands of glass marbles travelling around a gallery. More
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Windows taper to reduce unwanted views from Seoul office and retail building
South Korean studio BUS Architecture has completed a mixed-use building in the Seoul, featuring bands of windows set into its brick facades that decrease in size as they wrap around to the rear. More
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Blacksheep bases experiential cooking library in Seoul on European factory interiors
London design studio Blacksheep has completed an immersive cookery environment in Seoul's Yeongdeungpo neighbourhood that includes a deli, cafe, library and kitchen featuring industrial materials and high-end European furniture. More
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MVRDV transforms 1970s highway into "plant village" in Seoul
Dutch studio MVRDV has converted a former overpass into a plant-covered walkway in Seoul, which follows a kilometre-long route above the traffic. More
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KPF completes South Korea's tallest skyscraper
American firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed the 555-metre-high Lotte World Tower in Seoul, which is now the tallest building in South Korea and the fifth-tallest building in the world. More
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Stone fins cover slanted walls of mountainside house near Seoul
Limestone louvres and boxy windows cover the angled walls of this home outside Seoul, which was designed by local studio Poly.m.ur to house three generations of the same family. More
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Layered cladding emphasises stacked arrangement of L'eau Design's mixed-use block in Seoul
The stacked volumes that make up this multipurpose building in Seoul's Gangnam district are clad in various materials and diminish in size like the components of a nested Russian doll. More
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OBBA designs stone-walled holiday bungalow in rural Seoul for an elderly couple
Stone walls extend past the four volumes of this holiday home for an elderly couple near Seoul, designed by local studio OBBA to disguise when the residents are away. More
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FHHH Friends arranges flexible rooms over split levels in slender Seoul house
A skylit stairwell ascends through the split levels of this tall and narrow house in Seoul to a roof terrace with separate entrances for people and cats. More
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Moon Hoon's narrow Seoul house features small windows and diagonal markings
This towering Seoul residence created by South Korean architect Moon Hoon for a photographer and his mother, features a relief-patterned facade punctured by small windows. More
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Moon Hoon completes museum for a Pinocchio doll collector near Seoul
A nose-shaped fountain spouts water from the facade of this museum by South Korean architect Moon Hoon, which is dedicated to the fictional character Pinocchio. More
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Top-heavy block in Seoul features red brick top and concrete base
Four floors clad in slim red bricks sit above the concrete base of this office and apartment block in the South Korean city Seoul, which was designed by local firm Stocker Lee Architetti. More
