30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Seoul

Rooted in the principles of Confucianism and harmony with nature, structures like Gyeongbokgung Palace reflect the Seoul’s ancient past. Fast forward to the 20th century, and modernist influences emerge, through buildings such as Kim Swoo Geun’s Space Group Building completed in 1971, which merges traditional Korean aesthetics with modernist principles.

More recently projects such as Zaha Hadid’s Dongdaemun Design Plaza, the Seoullo 7017 Skygarden by MVRDV as well as the Amorepacific Headquarters by David Chipperfield Architects have provided the blueprint for the city’s contemporary architectural direction, where modern practices emphasize sustainability, smart technology integration and eco-friendly designs. Contemporary architecture firms in Seoul now focus on smart cities and create buildings that not only stand out visually but also address environmental concerns. This evolution makes Seoul a vibrant stage for global architectural discourse, acting as a design fusion that features towering skyscrapers along with historic conservation buildings and futuristic complexes.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Seoul, South Korea based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

• The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
• The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
• The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
• The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
• The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Seoul architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in Seoul:

 

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30. Leehong Kim Architects

Leehong Kim lives in Korea and operates Leehong Kim Architects in both Seoul and New York City. Work focuses on both architectural and conceptual works integrated to the given spatial condition.

Some of Leehong Kim Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• 47 Modules, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped Leehong Kim Architects achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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29. D Werker Architects

D Werker Architects is an architectural practice based in Seoul, centered around residential as well as commercial architecture.

Some of D Werker Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Unicity, Seoul, South Korea
• Carver Global, Daeheung-dong, Seoul, South Korea
• EMK Musical Company, Seoul, South Korea
• Simon House, Paju-si, South Korea

The following statistics helped D Werker Architects achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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28. JK-AR

JK-AR is an agenda-based architecture practice founded in 2017 by Jae K. Kim. JK-AR is a platform for design experiments. We create space and form to yield new experiences. We think of visions for human life through architecture. At JK-AR, we believe that the spirit of exceptional architecture can be felt through persistent design investigations that implement state-of-the-art techniques.

For these aims, JK-AR develops new means of design, construction, and structural engineering by using today’s advanced technology. Working seamlessly with the studies of design computation, digital fabrication, and material application, the office challenges current practice to transform the building industry.

Recently, JK-AR is inventing new applications of conventional materials, focusing on wood and concrete.

Some of JK-AR’s most prominent projects include:

• The House of Three Trees, Sangju-si, South Korea
• Pavilion of Floating Lights, Jinju-si, South Korea
• Tree IV, Seoul, South Korea
• Tree VI, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped JK-AR achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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27. Heesoo Kwak + IDMM Architects

Kwak, Heesoo graduated from Hongik University and opened the IDMM Architects Office based in Seoul in 2003. He has served as a columnist for the JoongAng Ilbo ‘Architect Kwak Heesoo’s Short City’ and is attempting to decipher architecture based on constantly occurring urban phenomenons.

Some of Heesoo Kwak + IDMM Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Gijang Waveon, Busan, South Korea
• FORT & PORT, Yeosu-si, South Korea
• The Closest Church, Gimpo-si, South Korea
• Guesthouse Rivendell, Gapyeong-gun, South Korea
• U RETREAT, Hongcheon-gun, South Korea

The following statistics helped Heesoo Kwak + IDMM Architects achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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26. Seoinn Design Group

Established 1978, Seoinn Design Group has been dedicated to provide the high quality design works to the worship places.

Some of Seoinn Design Group’s most prominent projects include:

• Saemoonan Church, Seoul, South Korea
• Shinchon Church, Seoul, South Korea
• Changshin Church 창신교회 – Church for the Blind, Seoul, South Korea
• Dorim Church Cultural Center/ 도림교회, Seoul, South Korea
• Manrihyun Church, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped Seoinn Design Group achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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25. Joongwon Architects

Jungwon Architecture was founded in 1985 and is a group of architects who have been engaged in architecture for the second generation. It makes results in the present, but respects the accumulated experience of the field, which has gone through numerous trials and errors and repetitions from the past, and strives to continue and embody the inspiration of the sparkling desk as a sense of continuity. Unlike inventors, for architects, a creative moment is a small moment that discovers our indifferent value in life through continuous observation. Jungwon Architecture is steadily creating a healthy place in our city based on a delicate understanding of life and creating spaces that can last for a long time based on a serious interest in architecture.

Some of Joongwon Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Lightus Retreat, South Lake Tahoe, California
• Forest Edge, Hongcheon-gun, South Korea

The following statistics helped Joongwon Architects achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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24. UTAA

Architecture is a series of cooperative work that does not end with one person’s thought. I want to be a small but strong experimental organization, and an office that creates a fun space. I am convinced that the most ordinary thing makes the most extraordinary results rather than the unique design of the display style. We configure the space as honestly and clearly as possible within the given different conditions and value the jointing and touching of each material.

Differentiated and leading designs begin with very ordinary buildings that exist around us and in our cities. In the past, Utah Architecture will continue to contribute to creating buildings in the city with healthy homes and warm spaces with the architect. And internally, the long-term goal is to create soil where junior architects can grow and do good work, beyond the current barren architecture.

Some of UTAA’s most prominent projects include:

• Rest Hole in the University of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
• Black Box, Seongnam-si, South Korea
• Boseong House, Boseong-gun, South Korea
• Pinocchio, Pocheon-si, South Korea
• Cinema House, Paju-si, South Korea

The following statistics helped UTAA achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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23. Z_Lab

Z_Lab is a design group to create a place and space based communication with region and reflects the individual’s desire and will. We must achieve a balance of individual aspirations and regional universality in terms of the design and regional identity. In this instance we create a new experience for staying out through space and personalized lifestyle brand.

We would like to contribute to give a new experience for many people beyond the geographic boundaries based on the place and space. So that our results can be created with a private transfer to local and sustainable value for the future to create a positive business model based on the person and region.

Some of Z_Lab’s most prominent projects include:

• Zer0place, Seosan-si, South Korea
• Creativehouse, Seoul, South Korea
• Pyeongdae Panorama, Jeju-si, South Korea
• Yuwolbyulchae, Jeju-si, South Korea
• blindwhales, Jeju-si, South Korea

The following statistics helped Z_Lab achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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22. 2m2 architects

2m2 architects was founded in Seoul by architect Junghee Lee. The firm suggests new cultural and social possibility in old-fashioned, conventional existing Korean architecture and aims to produce high quality designs so that the architect, client and constructor can all be satisfied.

Based on differentiated design, the company specializes in detailed construction accumulated in the field for several years on design. In addition, while having interest in various fields such as design, music, image and street culture other than architecture, the company plans, designs and constructs the projects through broad collaborations.

Some of 2m2 architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Geoje house_Younghaeawon(迎海雅院), Geoje-si, South Korea
• Boombox House, South Korea
• Apple Farm House, Pohang-si, South Korea
• Sista House, Seoul, South Korea
• Daebong-dong Commercial_skipfloor, Daegu, South Korea

The following statistics helped 2m2 architects achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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21. ANM

ANM is an architecture design studio that emphasizes diversity and differentiation as well as to technical and methodological relationships. The office explores the balance between the architect’s intention and the needs of the client.

Some of ANM’s most prominent projects include:

• Monk’s Cabin (Zen Room for a Buddhist Monk), Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
• House in Jeju, Jeju-do, South Korea
• D Church, Yeoju-gun, South Korea
• Yangpyeong House, Yangpyeong-gun, South Korea
• Coffee House_Dong am, Yangpyeong-gun, South Korea

The following statistics helped ANM achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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20. WISE Architecture

Young Jang and Sook Hee Chun jointly established WISE Architecture in 2008. The two completed several small but meaningful projects focusing on materiality of everydayness in Seoul.

Some of WISE Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• BOX MOBILE GALLERY, Seoul, South Korea
• ABC Building, Seoul, South Korea
• Dialogue in the Dark Bukchon, Seoul, South Korea
• Red Mirror Strips, Seoul, South Korea
• Mu;M Building, Korea

The following statistics helped WISE Architecture achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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19. HyunjoonYoo Architects

For us, architecture is to design relationships. We seek to create harmony among people and with nature through new architectural visions.

Some of HyunjoonYoo Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• The Void, Korea
• Ssangdalri House, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
• HUB, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• Mug Hakdong
• Hanok 3.0, Daejeon, South Korea

The following statistics helped HyunjoonYoo Architects achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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18. BCHO Architects Associates

Founded in Seoul, Korea in 1994, BCHO Architects started as a design build office with a focus on simple structures and strong regard for nature. Since 1998 the practice focus is  architecture and furniture,   however we work very closely with contractors and multiple fabrication specialists in various disciplines; including stone masons, product designers, wood workers, potters, lighting engineers, furniture and graphic designers and artists. We also have multiple professional collaborators in Montana, Massachusetts, California, Hawaii and Peru.

BCHO Architects believe that buildings, furniture and art are made, not created. Each architectural project, encompassing various scales and programs, explores the phenomenon of light and space, fabrication and construction methods , recycling and reusing, and a broad sense of sustainability (social/cultural/physical), which uses our collective creative energy to reduce our buildings demand for grid energy.

Some of BCHO Architects Associates’ most prominent projects include:

• Namhae Southcape Linear Suite Hotel, Namhae-gun, South Korea
• Twin Tree Towers, Seoul, South Korea
• L House
• Hanil Cement Information Center and Guesthouse, Danyang-gun, South Korea
• Camerata Music Space

The following statistics helped BCHO Architects Associates achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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17. DIOINNO ARCHITECTURE

Cities need more accessible and reconfigurable construction strategies to foster the culture of dynamic placemaking in the context of ephemeral and transitory programs in our contemporary city. Stick Snap Stack is an alternative construction system to offer such a resilient construction framework. The system utilizes the simplicity of ‘stacking’ inspired by the traditional wood joinery method. Without bonding agents, the system uses a ‘snapping’ induced interlocking system for the unique stacking mechanism.

The geometry of the centerpiece can be fabricated to shift the stacking angle, while modularized three legs of the assembled unit block interlock with other blocks to complete a rhombohedral unit cell acting as a self-supporting structural ‘module.’

Some of DIOINNO ARCHITECTURE’s most prominent projects include:

• HIGH LIVING
• STICK SNAP STACK, Seoul, South Korea
• Hotel Solitaire, Seoul, South Korea
• Unduk-Naru, Seoul, South Korea
• SLANTED MEMORIAL, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped DIOINNO ARCHITECTURE PLLC achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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16. D.LIM Architects

D·LIM is an architectural group ledby its two principals, Yeonghwan Lim and Sunhyun Kim. Lim, a professor at Hongik University and a registered architect in Pennsylvania, is responsible for creative design. Kim holds a master’s degree in project management from Harvard University and is responsible for the execution of projects. She is a registered architect in Korea.

Some of D.LIM Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall, Seoul, South Korea
• H&M Seoul Hongdae Store, Seoul, South Korea
• Stardom Entertainment Office, Seoul, South Korea
• Coconut house, Seongnam-si, South Korea
• CJ Nine Bridges “The Forum”, Seogwipo-si, South Korea

The following statistics helped D.LIM Architects achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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15. YounghanChung Architects

Younghan Chung architects, the architectural studio based on Seoul, seeks for new typology of living in the dense and uniform picture of the city and studies experimental and creative design processes through the relationship of various phenomena of the city.

Some of YounghanChung Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Floating Cubes, Cheongwon-gun, South Korea
• POROSCAPE, Seoul, South Korea
• 9X9 EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE, Yangju, South Korea
• Five Trees, Busan, South Korea
• 6X6 HOUSE

The following statistics helped YounghanChung Architects achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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14. SsD

SsD is an architecture firm that approaches design as a convergent, interdisciplinary venture. Minimum form takes maximum effect with the goal to bridge the utopian and the pragmatic. Instead of separating aspects of architecture, landscape, history, social systems, and codes into their constituent disciplines, these agendas are simultaneously explored so that each discipline symbiotically gains from the other.  In this way sustainability emerges as an integrated rather than additive result.

Some of SsD’s most prominent projects include:

• Simgok, Seongnam-si, South Korea
• Sundial House, Incheon, South Korea
• Songpa Micro-Housing, Seoul, South Korea
• Oasis Place
• Big Dig House, Lexington, Massachusetts

The following statistics helped SsD achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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13. Archium

Archium is a architecture design firm based in Seoul, with projects centered around large-scale residential architecture.

Some of Archium’s most prominent projects include:

• Persona, Seoul, South Korea
• Bauzium Sculpture Gallery, Gangwon-do, South Korea
• Gilmosery, Seoul, South Korea
• Khmeresque, Battambang, Cambodia
• Himalesque, Jomsom, Nepal

The following statistics helped Archium achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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12. EHLA

Architecture is nothing. However, architecture is more significant than any others like air in our life. Architecture is not a hero. Architecture is just a stage of our living. We do not want architecture to say a lot of showing language to come forward from the surroundings. As people live healthier within clean air, we want architecture to be a clean, pure and honest artifact that holds human life silently. We do not believe architecture will change the world and we do not work in order to change the world through architecture. For now, we are about to construct the architecture with architecture itself without a metadiscourse beyond architecture.

Some of EHLA’s most prominent projects include:

• ㄷHouse (digeut-jip), Eumseong-gun, South Korea
• Chubby Cat House, Seoul, South Korea
• villa mangwon – stacked house, Seoul, South Korea
• Malefemale House, Seoul, South Korea
• villa Jeju, Seogwipo-si, South Korea

The following statistics helped EHLA achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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11. Mass Studies

Mass Studies was founded in 2003 by Minsuk Cho in Seoul, Korea, as a critical investigation of architecture in the context of mass production, intensely over-populated urban conditions, and other emergent cultural niches that define contemporary society. Amid the many frictions defining spatial conditions in the twenty-first century, namely past vs. future, local vs. global, utopia vs. reality, and individual vs. collective, Mass Studies focuses on the operative complexity of these multiple conditions instead of striving for a singular, unified perspective. For each architectural project, which exist across a wide range of scales, Mass Studies explores issues such as spatial systems/matrixes, building materials/techniques, and typological divergences to foster a vision that allows the discovery of new socio/cultural potential.

Some of Mass Studies’ most prominent projects include:

• Daum Space.1
• Southcape Owner’s Club – Clubhouse, Yeosu, South Korea
• Bundle Matrix: S-Trenue, Seoul, South Korea
• Missing Matrix Building: Boutique Monaco, Seoul, South Korea
• Ann Demeulemeester Shop, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped Mass Studies achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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10. ArchiWorkshop

We are architects, who think, create, enjoy and share everyday architecture.

Some of ArchiWorkshop’s most prominent projects include:

• White Cube Mangwoo, Seoul, South Korea
• ArchiGlam_Glamping, South Korea
• Mobile Library, Seoul, South Korea
• Glamping on the Rock, South Korea
• Red Square House, South Korea

The following statistics helped ArchiWorkshop achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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9. HAEAHN Architecture

HAEAHN Architecture, marking its 34th anniversary this year, has been continuously striving to design valuable urban environmental projects based on creativity and innovation since its establishment in 1990. HAEAHN has been in alliance with H Architecture, New York, USA since 2011 and established several overseas offices which have greatly contributed to its extensive growth in becoming a world standard architectural design firm. Overseas offices such as, Baghdad Branch Office, Republic of Iraq in 2014, Ho Chi Minh City Branch Office, Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 2018.

Some of HAEAHN Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• National Assembly Communication Building, Seoul, South Korea
• Hwaseong Hambaeksan Memorial Park, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• Incheon Children Science Museum, South Korea
• Baseball Dream Park, Daejeon, South Korea
• National Aviation Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped HAEAHN Architecture achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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8. OBBA

OBBA, Office for Beyond Boundaries Architecture, is an international architecture studio founded in May 2012, by Sojung Lee and Sangjoon Kwak, in Seoul, Korea, committed to multiple options and blended solutions in the context of a fast changing society and emerging issues, with an integral vision not apiecemeal cognition.

OBBA’s design approach starts from a critical survey of the surrounding environment – urban conditions, existing architecture and a spectrum of elements of daily life. Rather than chase a utopian thought, it is a process of investigating the social issues of today and proposing realistic solutions through design.

OBBA’s focus is on the synergistic boundaries where different fields intersect and form relationships, widening and developing their expertise through various disciplines and multiple spheres. As aboundary crosser, OBBA seeks new challenges, welcoming the symbiosis of fluctuating boundaries rather than following conventional ways.

Some of OBBA’s most prominent projects include:

• The Vault House, Hadong-gun, South Korea
• Beyond the Screen, Seoul, South Korea
• The Floating Island, Bruges, Belgium
• The Oasis, Yongin-si, South Korea
• The Illusion, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped OBBA achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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7. Yong Ju Lee Architecture

Yong Ju Lee, AIA is principal of Seoul-based Yong Ju Lee Architecture. He has been working for stimulating design for everyday life in multiple scales and media. His works are presented worldwide such as National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul), Museum of Modern Art (New York) and Venice Biennale. He also received world-renowned awards including Korean Public Architecture Award, iF Design Award and Design Vanguard.

Some of Yong Ju Lee Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Myeonmok Fire Station, Seoul, South Korea
• Root Bench, Seoul, South Korea
• Hoehyeon Community, Seoul, South Korea
• Dispersion, Suwon, South Korea
• Wing Tower, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped Yong Ju Lee Architecture achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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6. L’EAU design

L’EAU Design is a group seeking after such environment as falling under comprehensive sense and attempt the relationship with architectural design. ‘Environment’ includes meanings of social and cultural conditions that influence in human lifestyle as well as ecological and build environment.

L’EAU Design, since its establishment in 2000, has been pursuing a total design focused on ‘architecture and urbanism;’ ‘renovation and interior design;’ ‘enviroment design’ in order to architecturally design diverse concerns amid the better ‘human environment,’ which is based on our research about social and cultural background of human.

Some of L’EAU design’s most prominent projects include:

• Matryoshka, Korea
• Tropism of wild flower, Seoul, South Korea
• Song-chu Bending Band, Yangju-si, South Korea
• Jeju BAYHILL POOL & VILLA _ EGOISTIC CROPPING, Seogwipo-si, South Korea
• Cosmos Intime, Gwangju, South Korea

The following statistics helped L'EAU design Co.,Ltd. achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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5. stpmj

stpmj is an award winning design practice based in New York and Seoul. The office is founded by Seung Teak Lee and Mi Jung Lim with the agenda of “provocative realism.” It is a series of synergetic explorations that occur on the boundary between the ideal and the real, based on simplicity of form and detail, clarity of structure, excellence in environmental function, use of new materials and rational management of budget. To these we add ideas generated from curiosity in everyday life as we pursue a methodology for dramatically exploiting the limitations of reality. Resulting from new perspectives, our work is nuanced yet bold and represents a reaction against architectural clichés.

Some of stpmj’s most prominent projects include:

• Invisible Barn,Truckee, California
• Shear House, Yecheon-gun, South Korea
• Stratum House, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• The Surface, Gwacheon-si, South Korea
• Dissolving Arch, Jeju-do, South Korea

The following statistics helped stpmj achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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4. Suh Architects

With every project, Suh Architects is defined by the marriage of function and verve. It does not adhere to a predetermined style and expects its architecture to outlast current trends. Buildings must not only make sense spatially and in an intangible way, but also keep the rain out, heat in and stay within budget. The firm is well-aware that this sort of harmony is only made possible by maintaining consistent standards and fully understanding its clients’ needs.

Its founder, Eulho Suh, is directly involved in the design and execution of each project from its initial conception, through planning, construction and completion. With every project, spatial clarity and human scale are foremost; subsequent details are held to the highest standard of execution.

Some of Suh Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• HYUNDAI SONGPA, Seoul, South Korea
• JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS FC CLUBHOUSE, Wanju-gun, South Korea
• GENESIS SUJI, Yongin-si, South Korea
• GENESIS STUDIO, Hanam-si, South Korea
• HYUNDAI MOTORSTUDIO, Seoul, South Korea

The following statistics helped Suh Architects achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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3. Moon Hoon

Moon Hoon is a practice located in Seoul, South Korea. The design philosophy behind its architecture lies in movies, comics and graffiti and advocates a playful design attitude towards architecture.

Some of Moon Hoon’s most prominent projects include:

• Two Moon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• Vi-sang House, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• Busan Times, Busan, South Korea
• Simple House, Jeju-si, South Korea
• Wind House, Jeju-si, South Korea

The following statistics helped Moon Hoon achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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2. IROJE KHM Architects

IROJE KHM Architects is many kinds of award-winning architect’s office in Seoul, Korea. Kim Hyo Man, the principal of IROJE KHM Architects is architect, concurrent professor of graduate school of architecture and editorial adviser of architectural magazine.

Some of IROJE KHM Architects’ most prominent projects include:

• Top image: Ga On Jai, Kwangmyŏng, South Korea
• HWA HUN, South Korea
• Kyeong Dok Jai, Goyang-si, South Korea
• Tetris Nursery, Dobong-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• STELLA FIORE, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, South Korea

The following statistics helped IROJE KHM Architects achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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1. Studio Gaon

Completed by time, an architecture with moving spaces.

Studio_Gaon was founded in 1998 and is represented by Lim Hyoung-nam and Roh Eun-joo. Gaon means ‘center’ in Korean. We carries out various urban and architectural projects. The architecture we pursue harmonizes with nature and contemplates the locality of Korea and the present nature of architecture. We are particularly interested in traditional architecture featuring the locality of Korea and Seoul, where we are mainly active. From our point of view, the biggest feature of Korean architecture is the movement of space, compared to other oriental architectures such as that of Japan and China.

Some of Studio Gaon’s most prominent projects include:

• Jetavana Buddhist Temple, Chuncheon-si, South Korea
• Casa Gaia, Jeju-si, South Korea
• Labyrinthos, South Korea
• The House With Four Wings, Incheon, South Korea
• House of January, House on the Demarcation, Jeonju-si, South Korea

The following statistics helped Studio Gaon achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in Seoul:

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