The competition-winning design of the main stadium for the 17th Asian games in Incheon, in South Korea, illustrates a new level of sustainable design in stadia in Asia. The stadium will hold 70,000 people for the main event in 2014 and will reduce down to a single sided grandstand for…

In October 2008, Bustler reported on New York-based practice Weiss/Manfredi winning the international master plan competition for The Taekwondo Park in Muju, Korea. As Austin Tragni of Weiss/Manfredi told Bustler today, this subsequent work has been completed in early 2009. After the first part of this year,…

Samoo Architecture PC, with the project lead Samsung C & T Corporation and Samoo Architects & Engineers in Seoul, Korea, have been awarded first prize and the building/construction commission for the new Taekwondo Park World Headquarters in Muju,…

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Rotterdam-based Studio Dumbar has been awarded a commission for the design of public space elements in the new city of Unjeong[1]. The new city of 200,000 inhabitants is located near the demilitarized zone on the border between North and South Korea. The project includes the design of 85 elements in…

Bjarke Ingels, Jeffrey Inaba, Yansong Ma, Minsuk Cho Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan City, Korea Four architecture offices, BIG, INABA, MAD, and Mass Studies have proposed an urban plan for Ansan, South Korea which will be exhibited at the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art in Ansan City…

The Daewoo Consortium and the municipality of Gwanggyo announced the MVRDV concept design for a dense city centre winner of the developer’s competition for the future new town of Gwanggyo, located 35km south of the Korean capital Seoul. The plan consists of a series of overgrown hill shaped buildings with…

The Taekwondo Promotion Foundation is promoting to build The Taekwondo Park in Muju, Korea. 70 million athletes from 188 member nations are expected to come to Muju to train and be a representative of this Korean cultural brand. The Taekwondo Park Master Plan International Competition recently announced New York…

Florian Beigel and Philip Christou’s Architecture Research Unit (ARU) at London Metropolitan University is one of 3 equal winners of the Saemangeum international urban design competition in Korea. The Architecture Research Unit, under the direction of Prof. Florian Beigel, was 1 of 7 international design research teams selected to participate…

Kyu Sung WooSEOUL, KOREA—Architect Kyu Sung Woo has been named the winner of the 2008 Ho-Am Prize in the Arts. The Ho-Am Prize in the Arts recognizes Koreans who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of culture…