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, ...

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, ...

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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 ...

Showcasing the work of nine past winners of the Korean Young Architects Award, one of South Korea’s most coveted prizes in the field, a new exhibition that opened last week at London’s Cass Bank ...

When designing the House of Three Trees, Seoul-based architecture practice Jae Kim Architects & Researchers (JK-AR) started with a question: What would Korean architecture look like if timber remained ...

As part of ArchDaily's coverage of the 2016 Venice Biennale, we are presenting a series of articles written by the curators of the exhibitions and installations on show. Of the few dozen articles on ...

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 ...

Mint. Apricot. Lavender. These aren't flavors of overpriced artisanal ice cream, but the unexpected colors that dominate the architecture of Pyongyang, a world Oliver Wainwright reveals in North ...