This South Korean home designed by Studio GAON for a couple and their dogs features a rooftop meditation garden, a lounge that doubles as a home cinema, and a kitchen overlooking a mountain landscape (+ slideshow). More about House in Sang-an by Studio GAON designed to suit a couple with three dogs
These tiny pebble-shaped seaside cabins by Korean studio Yoon Space Design are designed to be easily transported from beach to beach (+ slideshow). More about Mobile egg-shaped beach huts installed along a South Korean shoreline
JDS Architects used staggered balconies to create a cascade of cubes across the facade of this Seoul officetel – a kind of housing and workplace hybrid typical in South Korea (+ slideshow). More about Hundreds of cubes front Julien De Smedt's Gangnam housing block
Open-source furniture designs and 3D-printed signage are found throughout the Small House Big Door boutique hotel in Seoul, by local studio Design Methods (+ slideshow). More about Design Methods fills Seoul hotel with open-source furniture
An exhibition at the Plateau gallery in Seoul documents the career of Mass Studies founder Minsuk Cho, the architect behind the Golden Lion-winning Korean pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale (+ slideshow). More about Seoul exhibition puts Korean architect Minsuk Cho in the spotlight
Paul Smith's flagship store in the South Korean capital is housed in a softly curved white shell punctuated by small circular windows and a bright yellow entrance (+ slideshow). More about Curving concrete shell encases Paul Smith store by System Lab
Studio GAON has converted a concrete factory built 20 years ago in South Korea by the client's late father into a house with a mural-covered facade (+ slideshow). More about Studio GAON converts concrete warehouse into a couple's first home
The zigzagging roof of this family residence in South Korea prompted architecture studio Apparat-C to name it Twin Peaks House (+ slideshow). More about Twin Peaks House by Apparat-C has a zigzagging roof profile
The rooms of this house near Seoul by local architecture office Praud are contained within a slanted box that rises above the mountainous landscape (+ slideshow). More about Praud's Leaning House is tilted upwards to maximise exposure to views and sunlight
Stone tiles and horizontal cement boards were used to define the various volumes of this house in South Korea by architecture studio SPLK (+ slideshow). More about Honsinzi House by SPLK contrasts cement panels with local stone
Visitors to Korea's National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art can now frolic over and amongst a field of mushroom-shaped inflatables based on the landscape of a Korean fairy tale (+ slideshow). More about Moon Ji Bang installs a field of mushroom-shaped balloons outside a Seoul museum
News: Korean architect Seung H-Sang is set to be officially named as Seoul's first city architect this week, in a move to re-establish the city's "architectural identity" after decades of unchecked development (+ interview). More about Seoul names Seung H-Sang as its first city architect
Raw concrete was used to build this combined house and library in the South Korean countryside, designed by Seoul-based Studio GAON (+ slideshow). More about Studio GAON completes concrete home and library in the South Korean countryside
Perforated brick walls front this Seoul office block by Wise Architecture, flanking staircases that lead up to a rooftop terrace with views of a nearby historic park (+ slideshow). More about Perforated brick stairwells front Wise Architecture's ABC office block
The frame of this narrow building slotted into the space between a pair of high-rise blocks was adapted by South Korean architect Moon Hoon to function as an urban greenhouse that will eventually be filled with plants. More about Moon Hoon creates an urban greenhouse on a narrow Seoul plot
Five cliff-top buildings feature walls that fold in on themselves to frame views and offer privacy in this South Korean holiday resort by Atelier Chang (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Chang designs angular cliff-top buildings for Knot House resort
News: sinkholes have been discovered in the residential neighbourhoods surrounding the construction site of one of the world's tallest skyscrapers – the 555-metre Lotte World Tower near Seoul by Kohn Pedersen Fox. More about Sinkholes found near construction site of KPF-designed skyscraper in Seoul
News: South Korea's tallest building, the Northeast Asia Trade Tower by American firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, has finally opened its doors. More about South Korea's tallest skyscraper opens – three years after completion
Glazed voids run up the sides and over the roof of this concrete house by South Korean studio AND, giving each room its own enclosed patio and increasing the flow of light inside (+ slideshow). More about Concrete Voidwall house by AND is punctured by glazed incisions
These new images by architecture photographer Edmon Leong show the undulating contours and glittering surfaces of Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza complex in Seoul, South Korea (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza captured in new photographs