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ZAIRA designs KN GLOBAL Headquarters in Seoul The KN GLOBAL Headquarters by ZAIRA Architects & Engineers is situated on a trapezoidal plot at the southern end of Gwangjin Bridge in Seoul, overlooking the Han River and Achasan Mountain. Located on a busy street known as ‘Cheonho-dong Tool Street,’ the building’s unique positioning on a […]
09A Studio’s Jisan-dong 989-6 Reinterprets Local Typology Jisan-dong 989-6 project in South Korea, designed by 09A Studio, is inspired by Viktor Shklovsky’s concept of ‘defamiliarization,’ aiming to shift perceptions of the familiar built environment. Rather than creating novelty, the design works with existing neighborhood elements—form, roof structure, horizontal elevation, and volume density—to reinterpret and […]