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[Essay] Architecture and City Planning of Konrad Püschel

In 1926, when the Bauahaus building in Dessau was completed, Konrad Püschel received an admission letter from Walter Gropius and began his studies at the Bauhaus the following year. He studied there until 1930, the year Mies van der Rohe replaced the previous director Hannes Meyer. For Püschel, the Bauhaus...

Jun 25, 2019
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[Essay] Hamhung: Traces of the Bauhaus Remain i...

Over the past few years, the architectural world has held a series of events in celebration of this centenn...

Jun 25, 2019
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[Essay] The Bauhaus: Out of Nowhere

This essay considers the Bauhaus as a product of the dynamism of postwar German society in the 1920s, rathe...

Jun 25, 2019
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[Interview] Blown Furniture

Yang Seungjin creates chairs and lighting designs by blowing balloons. His ‘Blowing Series’ has a unique ch...

Jun 21, 2019
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[Series] Living Sejong, Reading Sejong: Questio...

Living Sejong, Reading Sejong: Question After One Year (2)

Jun 21, 2019
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Architecture as a Background and as Internal Space

What a great pleasure to finally see the Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture, which has opened after a lo...

Jun 14, 2019
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Questioning the Role of the Seoul Hall of Urban...

Kim Taehyung (director-general, Urban Space Improvement Bureau in Seoul) x Lim Yookyung (associate research...

Jun 13, 2019
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[Interview] Hear From the CCA: The Museum is No...

Giovanna Borasi (chief curator, CCA) × Park Semi

Jun 13, 2019
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Cutting Edge Simplicity

You Hyemi’s furniture is simple. It is designed carefully to accommodate collapsibility while treating the ...

Jun 11, 2019
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To Embrace the Future of Manufacturing

On May 10, the ‘Sewoon Global Forum: Urban Manufacturing Next’ took place at Sewoon Hall in Sewoon Sangga. ...

Jun 05, 2019
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CELINE: Introducing A New Identity Through the ...

The Celine store on Madison Avenue in New York, designed by Hedi Slimane - scouted as Celine's new creative...

Jun 05, 2019
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[Series] Living Sejong, Reading Sejong: Questio...

Living Sejong, Reading Sejong: Questions After One Year (1)The development background and the current sit...

Jun 05, 2019
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About Ever-Growing Knots

Inspired by his mother’s knitting, Lee Kwangho began to braid wires, hoses, and PVC tubes. His lighting and...

May 29, 2019
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[Essay] Things that Realize a Communal Life

Faced with a declining and aging population, small cities are losing their inhabitants and are under threat...

May 22, 2019
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[Critique] Engaging with the Rural Landscape

Unlike metropolitan districts, which are mostly shaped by the market, rural areas are modified primarily by...

May 22, 2019
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Imagine Ten Years After of A Building: Seongsu ...

In January, a building that was once a chemical plant in Seongsu-dong, Daemyung Chemical, was renovated and...

May 10, 2019
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Designing Lightweight Architecture for Recyclin...

Last winter, just as any other year, an ice rink was installed in front of the Seoul Plaza. However, this t...

May 10, 2019
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[Essay] An Attitude to Campus Architecture

Choi Moongyu (professor, Yonsei University)

Apr 26, 2019
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[Critique] Narrative Architecture in the Era of...

These days, where the absoluteness of aesthetic standards in design is often in doubt, I feel it increasing...

Apr 26, 2019
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[Essay] Fragments that are Present and also Rea...

Seo Seungmo (principal, Samuso Hyojadong)

Mar 28, 2019
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[Critique] And That Leaves the Problem of the E...

Mar 28, 2019