A pop-up store showcasing creations by leading Korean fashion designers will open at the multibrand store L’Eclaireur from June 22-28 in Paris. The temporary shop-in-shop will feature women’s and men’s clothing by 10 Korean designers who regularly participate in Seoul Fashion Week and have been selected as “Seoul’s 10 Soul” to represent the Korean fashion scene. The program, run by the Seoul Me...

VENICE, Italy (Yonhap) -- Korea on Thursday unveiled its pavilion at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Italy, two days ahead of the official opening on Saturday. The biannual event, under the title of “Reporting from the Front,” is directed by Alejandro Aravena, the Chilean winner of this year’s Pritzker prize. He is widely known for his long-term dedication to using arch...

ROME (AFP) - One of the final works of Zaha Hadid, the acclaimed Iraqi-British architect who died suddenly last month, was posthumously inaugurated in Italy on Monday. Inspired by an oyster, the new maritime terminal at the southern port of Salerno features a hard shell above a soft, fluid interior and the wavy lines that were Hadid’s signature. It is her first major project to come to comple...

MILAN (AP) -- Big Italian furniture brands turned out collections at the 55th Milan Furniture Fair that included forgotten or neglected treasures from their archives, along with fresh innovations by the “starchitects” who have infused design with glamour. A record 372,000 people attended the premier event for Italian design and furnishings that ended Sunday. It featured more than 2,400 exhibito...

Korean celebrity couple Jang Dong-gun and Ko So-young’s house in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, was recognized in the 22nd World Architecture Awards, the World Architecture Community announced Tuesday. The couple’s Sincheon-ri House was built by Kwak Hee-soo, principal of IDMM Architects, in December 2013, upon the couple’s request for a serene shelter from their hectic routines, explained IDMM. ...

Artist Lee Myung-ho has sued London-based Greek fashion designer Mary Katrantzou for copying one of his iconic tree series, calling it “intentional plagiarism.” The artist claims the celebrated fashion designer, known for her use of bold prints on clothes and accessories, took part of Lee’s 2013 work for her T-shirts and handbag designs without his permission. “The designer took the image and...

The organizing committee of the Busan International Architectural Culture Festival is holding a design competition to revamp a deserted bunker from the early 1900s Japanese colonial era into a new tourist attraction in Busan. The Busan Metropolitan Government has allotted some 100 billion won ($86.5 million) in redeveloping the long-neglected site and its surrounding areas in the district of Ye...

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Floor-to-area ratio the theme of Korea Pavilion exhibition at the upcoming Venice Architecture Biennale

Architect Reinier de Graaf talks about building designs and functions for the 21st century

Architect Reinier de Graaf talks about building designs and functions for the 21st century

NEW YORK (AFP) - Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena won the prestigious 2016 Pritzker Prize on Wednesday, earning praise for “powerful” designs that address key social and economic challenges of the 21st century. “Innovative and inspiring, he shows how architecture at its best can improve people‘s lives,” said Tom Pritzker, chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, which awards the prize. Chilean arc...

LAS VEGAS (AFP) -- Turntables turned heads as a renewed love of old-time vinyl records struck a chord at the famously futuristic Consumer Electronics Show. Sony, Panasonic, Victrola and Audio-Technica were among the companies showing off turntables boasting digital-age spins such as high-resolution audio or wirelessly connecting to speakers. Turntable-makers at CES told of vinyl records being...

The winning team of Herald Design Tech 2015 and CEO of Herald Corp. Lee Young-man (second from left) pose at the award ceremony on Tuesday in Seoul. Lee Sang-sub/The Korea Herald A team of three university seniors won the top award at Herald Design Tech 2015, the design-meets-technology contest co-organized by Herald Corp. and Seoul Design Foundation. The team won the competition with their inn...

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