Black is the New Black: Hyundai Hints at Hydrogen Future
Hyundai builds "the world's blackest building" at the Pyeongchang Olympics. But the message wants you to take home is clear: hydrogen is the future.
architecture
The Palace’s Painful Past
When you think of 'traditional Korean palace,' you won't think of this white building. The Grand Conservatory has a complex past, now open to the public.
A Complex Issue: The Apart-ization of South Korea
As a chunk of Itaewon prepares for bulldozer-assisted oblivion, questions about Seoul's redevelopment addiction come back to the fore.
Haebangchon’s Forgotten Past: A Stairway, A Shrine and The War Dead
There’s a nondescript stairway on the outskirts of ‘the hip Haebangchon.’ The steps once led to a Shinto shrine for 7,000 spirits of Japan’s war dead.
Finding Remnants of Colonial Architecture
Surviving colonial architecture in South Korea invites visitors, only if they knew where to look.
Hope for Korea’s Surviving Colonial Architecture
Early modern architecture under Japanese rule replaced Korea's well-ordered city centers. But does it really warrant destroying all colonial-era buildings?
Bukchon: Seoul’s Destruction of Heritage
After centuries at the heart of Korean cultural and social life, Bukchon and its Gahoe-dong neighborhood – famed for old houses – have been ravaged.