Seoul – South Korea’s capital city – is home to an urban area which in the last century has experienced unprecedented change. The city’s downtown was once home to a large stream named Gaecheon which provided water for the city’s residents. During the Japanese colonial period, this stream was renamed Cheonggyecheon, and after the Korean War ended in 1953, the reinstated Korean government spent 20 years covering the stream, opening an elevated highway above it in 1976. (more…)

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When tasked with turning a 1930s former army building into a luxury 5-star hotel, most designers would begin by repairing the endless exposed concrete and brick of the interior walls. However, when Chinese architects NHDRO found themselves in this very position, a different approach was deemed necessary. (more…)

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In 1989, construction began on a new town built to specialise in print and publishing located around 30 minutes from Seoul. And what better place to build such a town than Korea – a country who invented print some 200 years before the Western world lay claim to it. (more…)

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