Inspired by glowing lanterns, Shanghai-based Neri&Hu has transformed an existing five-story building by Seoul-based architecture and planning firm IROJE into the flagship store for Korean skincare brand Sulwhasoo.
Living Small In The Big City: Adapting to a changing program, an inventive project in Seoul mixes micro and small apartments with arts-focused functions.
Adapting to a changing program, an inventive project in Seoul mixes micro and small apartments with arts-focused functions. Although they used repetitive units and simple construction in their Songpa Micro Housing in Seoul, Jinhee Park and John Hong of Single Speed Design (SsD) brought variety and style to the 5,500-square-foot project by animating the spaces in between and around the tiny apartments.
Stacking the Decks: Using muscular forms and an inventive strategy for organizing construction modules, a Seoul-based architecture firm creates an office building that swaggers with an updated neo-Brutalist attitude.
Medieval Armor for Modern Art: Architects Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu mesh an expanding gallery's third building into a tightknit urban community, creating a singular work in its own right.
Water Music: Packed with references to music, math, and more, a hybrid building finds a way of disarming visitors and dancing lightly above a rippling surface of water.