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10 Stops in South Korea
January 27, 2010
Welcome to Seoul, center of design in this new decade.
Starting this month, Seoul is the 2010 World Design Capital and ranked third of the list of the top places to visit in 2010 according to the New York Times.
One of the highlights this year is the the third annual Seoul Design Fair held from September 17 to October 7 – an Asian response to Milano and New York. Seoul is committing to a year-round program of Design, viewable through a new website here.
Even if you can’t make it to Seoul during the Design Fair, the following 10 architectural pleasures should be enough to convince you that a trip to Seoul is worthwhile anytime if year. This booming nation doesn’t shy away from adventurous architectural forms.
E.A.T. club Seoul by Office for Metropolitan Architecture / RAD
Songdo Convensia by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Seoul National University Museum by Office for Metropolitan Architecture
S trenue bundle matrix by Mass Studies
3.1-Phillip Lim Seoul Flagship by Leong Leong
Leeum-Samsung Museum of Art by Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Z house by Hohyun Park and Hyunjoo Kim
Ann Demeulemeester Shop by Mass Studies
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