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Raw House by Order Matter is a retreat from excess amid dense Seoul
Dec 25, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Dec 25, 2025
A meditation on spatial clarity, the mixed-use development prioritises exposed material finishes, minimal design and adaptable spaces.
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Making and unmaking: The Autobiography of Hilton Seoul
Nov 12, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Nov 12, 2025
An exhibition at Piknik in Seoul considers the afterlife of iconic architecture.
Contextual kinship meets modern utility in RAMSA’s vision for Shinsegae Namsan
Jun 28, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Jun 28, 2025
The New York-based practice’s debut project in South Korea offers a thoughtful take on how architecture stands to shape and support the city’s cultural and corporate future.
Framing a void: Reflecting on 2024's most inspiring pavilion designs
Dec 24, 2024by Aarthi Mohan Dec 24, 2024
STIRred 2024: Exploring the best of pavilion designs as ephemeral architectural interventions that bridged humanity, nature and cultural narratives this year.
3XN GXN’s winning design for the Chungnam Art Center expresses art in movement
Sep 25, 2024by Bansari Paghdar Sep 25, 2024
The vision for this South Korean centre embodies artistic dynamism through site-sensitive strategies, evoking a ‘dancer's pointed toe’ and the gestural ‘wave’ of a conductor's baton.
Minsuk Cho's fragmented, 5-part Serpentine Pavilion emanates from its voided heart
Jun 07, 2024by STIRworld Jun 07, 2024
The first Korean architect to be commissioned by the Serpentine Gallery speaks about his star-shaped pavilion, the five distinct “islands” and the modified madang courtyard at its centre.
Serpentine Pavilion 2024 to be designed by architect Minsuk Cho and Mass Studies
Jan 23, 2024by STIRworld Jan 23, 2024
Minsuk Cho's firm in South Korea designs ‘Archipelagic Void’ for the Serpentine Pavilion in the Kensington Gardens for the 23rd iteration of the project.
Architecture as sculpture: a roundup of buildings that double as urban artefacts
Dec 30, 2023by Zohra Khan Dec 30, 2023
STIRred 2023: five buildings from this year that reimagine architecture as curious edifices.
Herzog & de Meuron's pyramidal proposal for Seoripul Open Art Storage in Seoul wins
Dec 20, 2023by STIRworld Dec 20, 2023
Condensing knowledge and culture, and envisioned as a 'dynamic civic space,' the archival cultural project in in South Korea promises to harmoniously integrate nature and urban life.
Dabang Café exemplifies how adaptive reuse can turn decay into beauty
Nov 20, 2023by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Nov 20, 2023
Seoul-based architecture firm Studio One-Aftr transforms abandoned buildings in South Korea into a sanctuary that blends architecture and nature.
'Delight London' is a rooting of Seoul’s cultural identity and hyper urbanity
Nov 13, 2023by Anmol Ahuja Nov 13, 2023
STIR charts a critical review of how digital and media interfaces may transpose urban experience and identity in the new multimedia exhibition at the Borough Yards in London.
The Brooklyn Tower becomes the first supertall structure in the borough
Oct 14, 2023by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Oct 14, 2023
Designed by SHoP Architects, The Brooklyn Tower seamlessly blends history with modernity and functionality with luxuriousness.
NONSPACE Cafe weaves elements of irrigation channels into concrete aesthetic
Aug 19, 2023by Sneha Shah Aug 19, 2023
Designed by On Architects, the café is a leisure gridded pavilion to regenerate Icheon-Si, a South Korean village.
Jouin Manku drafts Korean landscape in the interiors of Van Cleef & Arpels Seoul Maison
Jan 10, 2023by Sunena V Maju Jan 10, 2023
Studio Jouin Manku designed the Van Cleef & Arpels’ Seoul Maison, linking the east and the west through a blend of Korean design cultures and contemporary principles.
T-FP remodels a traditional Korean house into the EYST1779 Café as a brick-built hymn
Nov 18, 2022by Jincy Iype Nov 18, 2022
The First Penguin reincarnates a traditional Hanok house in South Korea into the charming, brick-infested EYST1779 Café, carrying an ethos of ‘noblesse oblige’ in its transformation.
The world of ‘Squid Game’: an architecture of oppression, excess, desire, and savagery
Oct 29, 2021by Jerry Elengical, Anmol Ahuja Oct 29, 2021
Studying the varying inspirations behind the spaces of the hit Netflix series, STIR delves into the evocative architectural aspects of what makes Squid Game immensely bingeable.
Snøhetta designs civic landmark Cheongju New City Hall in South Korea
Oct 06, 2020by STIRworld Oct 06, 2020
The winning design for the Cheongju New City Hall will provide an inclusive platform for effective governmental administration and collaboration and social interaction in the city.
Space Popular's 'Gate of Bright Lights' in Seoul is a portal into the digital future
Jan 11, 2020by Zohra Khan Jan 11, 2020
The immersive video installation by the London-based studio replaces the physical gate of Deoksugung Palace with a digital one to explore the meaning of heritage in today’s time.
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