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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Cantilevered concrete volumes provide river and mountain views at Guesthouse Rivendell
Angled concrete surfaces collide to form the facades of this guesthouse by South Korean studio IDMM Architects and Heesoo Kwak, which features sections that thrust out towards the nearby Bukhan River. 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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Studio MRDO and Studio LaM envision underground bathhouse between North and South Korea
New York practices Studio MRDO and Studio LaM have have won an ideas competition with their proposal for a theatrical underground pool set in the Demilitarised Zone between North Korea and South Korea. 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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Concrete volumes cantilever and twist to provide mountain views from South Korean holiday resort
This cluster of holiday apartments by IDMM Architects in South Korea's Gangwon region feature angular concrete and glass volumes that thrust outwards from a sloping site to ensure optimal views. 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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Stacked concrete blocks and roof deck give diners sea views from South Korean cafe
This coastal cafe in the South Korean city of Gijang comprises a series of enormous concrete volumes that dwarf neighbouring houses, and are stacked and rotated to optimise views of the East Sea. More
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BCHO Architects embeds house with roof terrace into South Korean mountainside
A broad roof terrace with sunken seating areas disguises this holiday home by BCHO Architects, which nestles into the mountainous terrain of its plot in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province.
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South Korea's "first generation" of fully autonomous architects profiled in Rome exhibition
An office with a timber-lined courtyard and another with bold red trusses are among the projects to feature in an exhibition of contemporary South Korean architecture in Rome. More
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Hyung Suk Cho bases minimal daybed on traditional Korean design and paintings
This daybed by Korean designer Hyung Suk Cho blends elements from traditional Korean furniture with the needs of modern houses. 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 creates housing with owl-like features in South Korea
A concrete frame angles out from a window at the top of this irregularly shaped housing block in South Korea, which was designed by architect Moon Hoon to resemble an owl. More
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Stacked felt sheets create seating inside South Korean cafe
Nameless Architecture used layers of flat fabric to form the stools and benches inside this cafe in South Korea's Gyeonggi province. More