Following is the eighth in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed. When designing this building, I tried to make the most ordinary as well as the most extraordinary space: Jino Haus is located in an extremely ordinary place. The residential building combined with commercial facilities in Pangyo New Town is adjacent to a pedestrian street to the ...

Pedestrian passageway at Mapo, Seoul (Atelier Lion Seoul) Three 2012 Young Architect Awards were handed out to architects on Wednesday. The winners of the annual prize given by the Culture Ministry are Kwon Hyung-pyo and Kim Soon-ju from Bau Architects, Lee Dong-joon of Stocker Lee Architetti and Lee So-jin of Atelier Lion Seoul. The award, started in 2008, recognizes the achievements of up-an...

Inside of the book cafe of Art Space Pinocchio (Jin Hyo-sook) Following is the seventh in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed. There is no neighborhood architecture for those of us who are familiar with the exit numbers of subway stations and brand names of apartment complexes. No matter how small or insignificant, neighborhood architecture s...

Spanish furniture maker OHEA has introduced an electronic bed that makes itself. The Smart Bed is equipped with two mechanical arms and a roller that move the blanket back to the head of the bed in a process that takes only about 50 seconds. When the user flips a switch positioned at the foot of the bed, the bed senses the body movement and makes itself three seconds later. The furniture also ...

Following is the sixth in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed. Surplus is a product of a consumer society. Surplus exaggerates values, and, in turn, produces an infinite bubble of surplus. Similarly, a modern city extends itself with capitalism-friendly logic, and gives it the same bubble logic. But the surplus of any place on earth means a la...

A place for commemoration and contemplation Following is the fifth in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ―Ed. The Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall, rebuilt after the old one was demolished in 2009, is nestled in a small plaza behind the original building. Next to the site are the remnants of an old war shrine where Japanese people worshipped their wa...

Following is the fourth in a series of articles in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed. For many people, architectural space holds numerous meanings and responses. A space born out of a certain form creates countless stories for pedestrians who walk past the buildings or who look at them from afar; the stories can be different for the builders, the owners and the use...

Seonggeo-san Catholic Church is located in Seonggeo-san shrine near Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. Its primitive roof and transparent glass wall convey the meaning of a martyr’s life.(Photo by Park Jong Min) The Seonggeo-san Catholic Church is located on the Seonggeo-san shrine near Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. The Seonggeo-san shrine is located two kilometers up along a mountain r...

The interior of the M+ building (Photo by Chae Soo-ok) Following is the first in a series of columns in which leading architects discuss their representative work. ― Ed. M+ is a building in a transitional location where different urban elements, such as luxury apartments, dilapidated low-rise housing, houses converted into offices and offices that double as residences all interact. M+ seeks to...

MILAN (AFP) ― Austere furniture for austere times was the message from this week’s Milan design fair, where the aesthetics of the sober 1940s and 1950s prevailed and extravagance gave way to functionality. “Design needs to take into account a significant economic crisis which has led to a re-interpretation to make products more functional while avoiding provocations,” architect Marco Romanelli, ...

Scandinavian designs hot in furniture and household items It is not difficult to detect a notable trend in the living section in department stores and in design magazines: a lot of things have gone extremely simple, eco-friendly, with few vivid accent colors. Because most of the popular furniture and warm and cozy household items like lamps and rugs with such designs are made by brands based in...