Busan Cinema Center / Coop Himmelb(l)au
Busan Cinema Center in Busan, Korea by Austrian architecture firm, Coop Himmelb(l)au: In 2005, the Busan International Architectural Culture Festival in South Korea organized a design competition for a new Busan Cinema Center that would be home to the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au‘s radical design received first place and construction began in late...
ArchitectureBusanCoop Himmelb(l)auKorea
Model Home Gallery / NADAAA
Model Home Gallery in Seoul, South Korea by NADAAA: In South Korea, the study, design, and sales of housing has developed into a discipline serving an ascendant middle class with amenities and technologies that are significantly sophisticated. The “model home gallery,” a nexus for consumerist desires and corporate strategy, not only contains sales offices with […]
ArchitectureKoreaNADAAASeoulSouth Korea
Songwon Art Center / Mass Studies
Songwon Art Center in Seoul, Korea by Mass Studies: The site is an irregularly shaped piece of land, roughly 297? in size, sitting in an entrance location to the Buk-Chon area when approached from the city center. The two adjacent roads meet in a sharp angle, with the main street sloping up towards the site. These situations […]
ArchitectureKoreaMass StudiesSeoul
H-House / bang by min
H-House in Seoul, Korea by bang by min: Firstly, the architect had to design a space where three generations could live together and privately at the same time, in order that they could behave individually while being together. The architect created the second floor as an interspace of this house divided into three floors, where they can […]
ArchitectureBang by minKoreaSeongbuk-dongSeoulSouth Korea
Pop Culture Roundup 40
Turkey Day must be the saddest day for vegans. Did you enjoy your Tofurky®, Kids? As I fight this next-level-droopy cocktail of Tryptophan, heavy starches, Benadryl and dinner cognac, let me present the fortieth installation of the Pop Culture Roundup. We’re finally over that hill! Forty is the new twenty! I must first say that I’m thankful […]
Action figuresAdult SwimAdventure TimeAlter EgosAmanda SeyfriedAnimatronicsAssassin's Creed III
Busan Opera House / Snøhetta
The winning proposal for the Busan Opera House by Snøhetta: The Opera today not only represents our cultural identity, much more than that, it is there to form, shape and create our growing cultural awareness and manifestation. We set increasingly stronger demands to the institution; it is no longer just a passive playground for the elite […]
ArchitectureBusanKoreaSnøhetta
Iris (Interactive Media Canvas) / Hybe
IRIS is a unique media canvas with matrix of conventional information display technology – a monochrome LCD. Through the phased opening and closing of circular-segmented black Liquid Crystal, IRIS can create various patterns and control the amount (size) of passing lights. IRIS is an interactive medium for visual simplicity which uses the passage of ambient […]
HybeInstallationInteractiveKorea
New Chick / dumbfounded
Korean American LA-based rapper dumbfounded lays down his criteria for a New Chick in his latest video. AZN swag, Son. Koreatown where you at? This joint was directed by Casey Chan. –@teemunny
AsianCasey ChanDumbfoundedHip hopKoreaLos Angeles
Villa Topoject / Architecture of Novel Differentiation (AND)
Architecture of Novel Differentiation (AND): The house is located in a small valley in a mountainous area near Seoul, Korea. While the valley slopes upward, series of houses intermittently continue facing a 3 meter wide road. Instead of making walls or fences towards the road, the house gently lifts up the topography to form private […]
ArchitectureArchitecture of Novel DifferentiationKoreaSeoul
HYPERMATRIX (Robotic Kinetic Wallscape) / JonPaSang x Expo Hyundai Motor Group
Seoul-based media arts collective JonPaSang has created HYPERMATRIX a kinetic vertical landscape installation for the Hyundai Motor Group Exhibition Pavilion in Korea. The exhibition comprises of thousands of 30cm x 30cm cubes, which make up the internal facade of the building. A steel foundation was developed to support the integrated stepping motors that control each individual volume. The...
HyundaiInstallationJonPaSangKineticKoreaRoboticsSeoul
bARCODE BAND / Kang Woon Jin, Lee Ha Lim & Kim Yong Duk
bARCODE BAND presents a new method for digital music production. With the use of barcodes, a physical interface (ink on paper) is used to generate digital sounds. –@ybaynes Directed by Kang woon jin Designed by Lee ha lim Crafted by Kim yong duk To proceed bARCODE BAND project, we worked together to unfold our ideas and […]
ElectronicaInfographicsKoreaSeoul
Diagonal Tower / SOM
Diagonal Tower, Yongsan International Business District (Seoul, South Korea) by SOM: A case study in efficiency, SOM’s design of the 343-meter (1,125-foot) tall Diagonal Tower successfully integrates massing, structure, and performance to minimize wind loads, reduce construction costs, provide dramatic views, and meet strict energy codes—all while maintaining an iconic skyline presence. Located...
ArchitectureKoreaSeoulSOMSouth Korea