Audrey Murray
Jaemin Yoon, Director of JMY Architects, sees his firm’s work as reclaiming something that his count ry lacked the opportunity to create for itself. “In the history of modern architecture, Koreans never had the chance to modernize ourselves because of the Japanese occupation and civil war,” he says. Modern Korean cities, he feels, reflect this loss…
This week, the Wall Street Journalpicked up on an impressive report from the Council on Tall Buildin gs and Urban Habitat [PDF], distilling the record-breaking stats down to the finding that the completion of 97 skyscrapers (defined as buildings of 200m or taller) in 2014 far outpaced the previous year, in which 71 skyscrapers were completed.…
If the Chinese zodiac calendar was flexible, 2015 could well be the Year of the Skyscraper, with ten new buildings over 1,100 feet in height set to open before the end of the year. But innovative designs are being carried out closer to the ground as well. Here’s our handy guide to some of the…