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South Korea has emerged as one of the most highly urbanized countries in the world. Much of this dev elopment centers around its capital city, Seoul, where over half the population lives in high-rises. This dense urban condition has radically defined South Korea’s architecture and its formal language. Surrounded by diverse building styles from the country’s…
Modern layouts and sleek materials make these tiny homes both cost effective and striking dwelling p laces.
Although it was later embedded in a specific philosophical and moral stance towards architecture, th e Brutalist movement originated in a more basic appreciation of the exposed, unadorned appearance of concrete — béton brut. The raw beauty of the building material, championed by Le Corbusier and countless others since, has symbolized not a visual poverty in…
Previously on Architizer, we have discussed photorealism, a genre of painting that aspires to the un canny illusionism of photographs. There is a converse to this, of course: photos that capture scenes of such boldness and clarity one would think they were looking at a painting. Instagrammer Yener Torun is an expert in such photographs. He…
It's possible to have the best of both rural and contemporary 21st-century agricultural facilities t hat hearken back to traditional agricultural typologies.
Curtains may not be a hot topic in architecture, but these tactile textiles do have the power to rad ically transform our perceptions of space.
Brown is perhaps the color most taken for granted in architecture; yet, its use is pervasive.
Swedish art and architecture have evolved together over the last 500 years. Influenced by trends in European design, the two disciplines transformed after the Swedish Reformation: many artists were left without markets for their work, while architectural rebuilding and redecoration projects were put on hold. Surprisingly, this would help Sweden better preserve its medieval paintings…
A robust partnership between the government and housing associations draws many architects to partic ipate in housing projects across Denmark.