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Seoul’s adidas flagship store offers a constantly evolving experience to repeat visitors

Seoul’s adidas flagship store offers a constantly evolving experience to repeat visitors

Situated in the dead centre of the hippest part of town, adidas Seoul is challenging how a fashion name sits within an established street scene. Various Associates has refocused street attention on the store’s second level with a facade that juts out.

Fast-paced, dynamic retail: Seoul’s Adidas flagship store

Fast-paced, dynamic retail: Seoul’s Adidas flagship store

Situated in the dead centre of the hippest part of town, adidas Seoul is challenging how a fashion name sits within an established street scene. Various Associates has refocused street attention on the store’s second level with a facade that juts out.

This exhibition by Do Ho Suh will change your whole perspective

This exhibition by Do Ho Suh will change your whole perspective

Looking for an exhibition to visit in Sydney these Christmas holidays? Do Ho Suh’s major new survey at Sydney’s MCA is extraordinary, writes Gillian Serisier.

Hyundai Seoul: The largest department store in South Korea by Burdifilek

Hyundai Seoul: The largest department store in South Korea by Burdifilek

We take you to the largest department store in South Korea, where Canadian firm Burdifilek has envisaged a boldly futuristic experience, interwoven with nature.

A House For Two Families In South Korea

A House For Two Families In South Korea

The Masonry is a two-family residence by stpmj that plays with material and scale in high-density Gwanggyo, southeast of Seoul.

Café Oriente By Labotory: Seoul’s Semi-Underground Coffee Shop

Café Oriente By Labotory: Seoul’s Semi-Underground Coffee Shop

Finding the perfect balance between two distinct architectural concepts is always challenging. However, Labotory successfully harmonises Korean aesthetics with minimal charm in Café Oriente.

Café Oriente Is Seoul’s Semi-Underground Coffee Shop

Café Oriente Is Seoul’s Semi-Underground Coffee Shop

Finding the perfect balance between two distinct architectural concepts is always challenging. However, Labotory successfully harmonises Korean aesthetics with minimal charm in Café Oriente.

MVRDV Designs Deep Facades For Windowless Entertainment Buildings In Incheon

MVRDV Designs Deep Facades For Windowless Entertainment Buildings In Incheon

Big boxes or art pieces? MVRDV uses draping and imprinting strategies to bring expression and context to two buildings at Paradise City near Seoul’s Incheon Airport.

Can A Fixed Home Governed By Hyper-Minimalism Grow And Change?

Can A Fixed Home Governed By Hyper-Minimalism Grow And Change?

A good home grows as we too, grow. Many think of this as an afterthought, and endeavour to extend and renovate their living format after-the-fact. But what if we designed our homes to evolve from the very beginning?

Container Entertainers

Container Entertainers

Seoul-based creative agency Urbantainer is one of Korea’s go-to companies for container architecture and experience design. We find out how shipping containers can be used to promote emotional experiences.

David Collins Designs a Hotel with Heart in Seoul

David Collins Designs a Hotel with Heart in Seoul

The London-based studio took art – and Korean art in particular – as the central inspiration for the interiors of Le Meridien Seoul.

COS x Snarkitecture in Korea

COS x Snarkitecture in Korea

Fashion brand COS and New York-based architecture studio Snarkitecture presents their third collaboration: Loop, an installation open to the public at the Gana Art Center in Seoul, South Korea.