What happens when a North Korean architect is given free rein to design what he or she likes? Over the course of the last four years, one Beijing based tour company has sought to answer that question ...

Reporting from Pyongyang, North Korea — Soaring more than 50 stories, the new blue-and-white skyscraper at the top of Future Science Street cuts a Jetsons-like form. Its tower is crowned with a golden ...

During Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens this week, 63 countries the world over convene on the chain of canal-incised islands to survey the state of design as it coincides with development, ...

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Solar-powered factories, hovercraft apartments, glass towers topped with helipads: No, these are not concept drawings for EPCOT circa 1981. These are ideas for the future of North Korean cities, ...

India and Korea are geographically and climatically different but have similarities in traditional architecture, namely between Korea and the southern Indian state of Kerala. Hanok is traditional ...

The Korea Herald’s "Architecture Talk: Evolving Hanok" brought together a group of so-called “Hanok Avengers” on Wednesday at the Eundeok Cultural Center — a beautifully restored, century-old building ...

The 3rd annual Korean Studies Symposium at the University at Buffalo (UB), State University of New York, took place on October 18-19, 2024. The event was organized by the Asia Research Institute and ...

A silk co-operative clad with acres of PV solar panels, one of several illustrations exhibited at the Korean Pavilion in Venice. Image Courtesy of Koryo Tours Originally published on Metropolis ...

For the first time in the United States, visitors to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art can enjoy a remarkable group of roof-ridge ornaments that were fashionable in Korea more than 1,000 ...