These examples of stunning Seoul architecture show how incredibly creative Korean design can be.
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a booming metropolis with an immense population. With plenty of gorgeous architecture feats, this city is becoming more and more gorgeous as time goes on. Though many of the most impressive buildings do not yet exist, some of the proposed structures boggle even the most open-minded people. Creating a name for itself in a part of the world that stands out in terms of urban design, Seoul is quickly becoming a more popular tourist destination based on its unique traditions and tourist-friendly public spaces.
Sure to only grow in terms of popularity and innovation, this city is on the rise, particularly with regard to design.
38 Examples of Stunning Seoul Architecture
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Asia Hungry For Swedish Design
Ikea in Korea
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Illuminated Landscape Installations
Starry Night by Lee Eunyeol Expresses Private Outdoor Spaces
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Grid Retail Spaces
The Sumit Shop by M4 Design Features Linear Design Elements
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Abandoned Airplane Renovations
Clipper Juan T. Trippe is a Ghost Town With Wings
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Underwater Webchitecture
The Dancing Water Pavilion Revitalizes Interaction with the Han-River
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Concealed Exclusive Clubs
The SKM Architects Ananti Club Pulls Luxury Beneath the Landscape
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Greenchitecture
Ann Demeulemeester Store is Literally Green
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$1.6 Million Loo House
Life in a Luxury Toilet
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Hollow Apartment Buildings
Rex Architecture's Yongsan Towers Are Pitted
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Climbing Cycle Storage
The Manifesto Bike Hanger Keeps Your Ride From Reaching Thieves
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Dizzying Contortionist Towers
The Wavy GT Tower East by ArchitectenConsort is Fascinating
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Stunning Razor-Sharp Structures
‘Dancing Dragons’ is a Gigantic Transparent Building
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Movable Fashion Buildings
Rem Koolhaas Designs the Prada Transformer in Seoul
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Communist Country Captures
David Guttenfelder Gives a Glimpse into Daily Life in North Korea
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Shipping Container Theatres
Platoon Kunsthalle is an Eco-Friendly Space for Artistic Works
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Dynamic Geometry Discos
Club Octagon Features an Astonishing and Modern Interior
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Colossal Columnal Architecture
The Seoul International Train Station Defines Spaces with Posts
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Cracked Glassitecture
The South Korea Gimpo Art Hall by Gansam Partners
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Stacked Cylindrical Structures
The Velo Towers by Asymptote are Comprised of Rotating Components
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Stream-Celebrating Spaces
The ChonGae Sunken Stone Garden Brings a Bit of Nature Back to Seoul
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Garden-Glazed Skyscrapers
Murphy and Jahn Design the Pentominium for the Yongsan District in Seoul
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Mediarchitecture
Mediafacades Festival Berlin + Urabanscreens Melbourne 2008
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Quilted Concrete Exteriors
The Unique 3.1 Phillip Lim Flagship Store in Korea
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Augmented Alien Street Art
Graffiti Artist Sheryo Ang Draws Unique Whimsical Figures
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Nylon Architecture
Sewn Home Replicas by Do-Ho Suh
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Criss-Crossing Towers
'Cross # Towers' by BIG Architects is Bright
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Streamlined Sci-Fi Garages
The Herma Parking Building by JOHO Architecture is Futuristic
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Sky-High Urban Gardens
Block H is a Slice of Nature Set in the Heart of Seoul's Business District
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Boom Box Architecture
Kring-Gumho Culture Complex in Seoul Looks Like a Ghetto-Blaster
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Door-Designed Buildings
Choi Jeong-Hwa's10-Story Structure is Made Entirely Out of Entrances
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Chain Mailed Structures
The Kukje Gallery is Draped in 510,000 Stainless-Steel Links
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Streams from Streets
South Korea Restoration Project Turns Highway into a Green Park
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Flower-Shaped Lantern Installations
Kimsooja's Lotus: Zone of Zero Encourages a Moment of Peace
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Green Theme Parks
'Gaia: The Living World' by AECOM is Set for Seoul, Korea
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Giant Eco Bead Curtains
Green Decor at Jamsil Olympic Stadium
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Colossal Shopping Mall Cities
5+design Designs a Commercial Center That's a Mini Urban Centre
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Glamorous Barbie-Themed Hotels
The Seoul Sheraton Hotel Suites Offer a Fun and Enchanting Vacation
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Public Aquatic Art
The Banpo Bridge Waterfall in Seoul
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Nest-Inspired Urban Houses
This Vietnamese Dwelling Offers Respite From the Concrete Jungle
Immersive Luxe Fashion Installations
The Burberry Streets Campaign Expands to South Korea
Contemporary interactive workspaces
Kinzo Architekten collaborates with Dawon & Company
Luxury Flagship Redesigns
'Burberry' Celebrates Store Reopening with Two Art Installations
Artfully Inspired Fashion Retailers
A New Loewe Branch Opens in Seoul's Gangnam District
Sustainable Airport Terminal Designs
This Lush Green Terminal is Powered By Renewable Energy
Extreme Space-Saving Architecture
A 74-Square-Foot Apartment is Redefining Urban Living
Immersive Lifestyle Stores
Gelato Pique Has Inaugurated Its Standalone Store in South Korea
Auto-Brand Residential Towers
The New Porsche Design Tower Bangkok is Built in Asia
Kaleidoscopic Kindergarten Buildings
The Tianshui Kindergarten by SAKO Architects is Whimsical
Modern Office Space Designs
Studio Alexander Fehre Creates a Chic Interior for VdK Cooperative
Beautifully Sculptural Concrete Museums
Qatar Museums Unveils Official Images of the Lusail Museum
Central Tokyo Penthouses
Bellustar Tokyo Offers Traditional Japanese Aesthetics and Modern Comfort
Everyday Material Colorful Pavilions
Foster + Partners and NEON Create Two Pavilions in London
Atlanta Heritage Contemporary Hotels
The New FORTH Hotel Takes Pride in its Atlanta Roots
Seoul-Themed Immersive Digital Exhibitions
London Opens the New Digital Delight Installation
Vibrant Multi-Level Office Designs
Gensler Reimagines the Accenture Office Space in Chicago
Philosophical Residential Skyscrapers
Mercedes-Benz Places is Now Under Construction in Miami
Modern Minimalism Apartments
Between the Walls Designs the Old&New Apartment in Kyiv
Immersive Flagship Tech Stores
Bang & Olufsen Inaugurates Its Flagship Store on New Bond Street
Regionally Inspired Retail Destinations
Japan & France Converge in the Kenzo Dubai Boutique Design
Energy-Efficient Office Buildings
This Czech Office Complex is Outfitted With Eco-Friendly Designs
Paper-Inspired Artful Museums
Bjarke Ingels Group Designed the Museum for Papirkunst
Eccentrically Designed Historic Penthomes
Crina Arghirescu Rogard Adds Designs to a Penthouse
Townhouse Transformed Retail Spaces
Schemata Architects Designs the Le Labo Kyoto Flagship
Integrative Garden Cafes
Cheongsudang Bakery Brings a Garden Experience in the Heart of Seoul
High-Rise Villa Housing Typologies
Hooba Design Group Designs the Marbella Residential Complex
Bright Tonal Modern Offices
Roar Studio Designs the New Sleek Office for Sprinklr
Gallery-Like Elevated Retail Designs
Format Architecture Office Designs the Leica Store & Gallery
Architecture-Inspired Furniture Capsules
SeungBum Ma Designs the Form-Functional Archi-Furniture
Large Headquarter-Transformed Housing
Studio Egret West Designs Hayes Park Central and South
Swooped Museum Roof Planes
BIG Designs the Waterfront Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art
Modern Office Environments
The MOL Campus Project Was Designed by Architecture Firm Kinzo
Modern-Updated Traditional Homes
KiKi ARCHi Designs the Skip House in the Middle of Beijing
Planted Balcony Home Designs
4site Architects Designs the House of Greens in Bangalore
Eco-Conscious Slim Skyscrapers
Muraba and RCR Arquitectes Join to Design the Muraba Veil
Striking Glass Canopy Designs
Heatherwick Studio is Redeveloping Olympia in London, United Kingdom
Colorful Rooftop Unified Buildings
Urbanus' Nantou Hybrid Building is Comprised of Five Buildings
Bamboo-Inspired Cultural Buildings
This Cultural Center Seamlessly Blends Into its Surroundings
Ski Resort Crystalline Skyscrapers
A Skyscraper is Designed at the Trojena Ski Report
Lotus Plant-Inspired Skyscrapers
Aedas Designs the Pair of One Future Buildings Lined with Bronze
Mass-Timber Office Buildings
Dream Completes the Olympic Games Office Design in Paris
Digital City-Inspired Art Works
New Digital Art is on Display in Grand Central Station
Greenery-Packed Museum Buildings
This Science Museum is Designed Around a Central Park
Monolithic Metal-Formed Homes
Boyd Architects Designs the Summerville House in South Carolina
Local Craftsmanship-Filled Member's Club
The New Soho House São Paulo is Filled with Local Art
Rippled Glass Shopping Centers
Healtherwick Studio Redesigns the Hanwha Gallerie Shopping Center
Curved London Office Buildings
Foster + Partners Designs 50 Electric Boulevard in South London
Geometric Prefabricated Pavilions
Heams & Michel Architectes Presents the 7 Kiosks Project
Historic Fortress Open-Air Museums
KOOP Architects Revives the Ottoman Seddülbahir Fortress
Garden-Like Airport Terminals
SOM Designs a Terminal at the Kempegowda International Airport
Cut-Out Structural Narrow Hotels
Kooo Architects Designs the Hotel Rakuragu in Central Tokyo
Futuristic Curved Islandic Homes
The Collective Studio Co., Ltd Designs the Nest Residence
Whimsical Bright Creative Workspaces
Publicis Groupe's New Workspace is in New York's SoHo
Prayer Room Government Offices
Agata Kurzela Studio Rewors a Floor of a Heritage Building
Brutalist Artful Hotel Designs
The Hoxton Charlottenburg Hotel Opens in Berlin
Natural Japanese Art Galleries
Brazil's Yayoi Kusama Gallery Features a Nature-Inspired Design
Crystalline Chinese Museum Buildings
The 'Space Crystal' Building Looks Like An Otherworldly Rock
Underground Station Expansions
Foster + Partners Introduces Two Stations on the Sydney Metro
Local Craft-Shown Bamboo Pavilions
AtArchitecture Designs the Northeast Pavilion for an Art Fair
Brutalist Concrete Tower Apartments
Archmongers Renovates the Trellick Tower in London
Cement Block-Decorated Homes
Bloom Architecture Designs the Small Houses Collection
Boldly Designed Rentable Apartments
Linda Boronkay Highlights Boldness for the Sessile
Natural Material-Focused Headquarters
Superlimão Designs the Escritório da Engenharia HQ
Metal-Wrapped Exhibition Spaces
Trace Architecture Office Creates a Structural Steel Wrap
Adorable Public Rubbish Bins
SWNA Created a Set of Rubbish Bins for Design Seoul 2.0
New York Structural Designs
Quarters is Unveiled as the Latest New York Symbol Building
Spaceship-Like Robot Museums
Melike Altınışık Architects Designs the Seoul Robot & AI Museum
Record-Breaking Residential Skyscrapers
This Stunning Building Will Be Around 533 Meters Tall
Graphic-Accented Brutalist Apartments
Jean Verville Designs a Creative Laboratory in Quebec City
Bright Koreatown Office Renovations
Grace Lee-Lim Renovates the GYOPO Office in Los Angeles
Pier-Side Dynamic Office Spaces
The New BIG HQ is a New Office on the Industrial Harbour
Greenery-Filled Skyscraper Terrarium
ODA Presents a Look at the Terrarium Cheong-Dam Design
Modern Concrete Community Residences
AOA Architects Designs the Hoji Gangneung Dwellings
Bright Colorful Converted Apartments
Alarquitectos Presents the São Sebastião 123 Apartment
Clustered Natural Campus Extensions
OMA Creates a Cluster of Structures for Hongik University
Beach-Overlooking Picturesque Homes
teamSTAR Designs the Villa A in Japan's Yokosuka-City
Star-Shaped Structural Pavilions
Mass Studies Unveils the Visuals for the Archipelagic Void
Youthful-Inspired Office Designs
OSO Architecture Creates the New Office for Esalco Logistics
Juxtaposing Heritage Hotel Courtyards
DaeWha Kang Design Creates a New Pavilion for OWO Hotel
Solo Flexible Study Spaces
YounghanChung Architects Designs the Tiny Forest Study Space
Clover-Style Conference Center Designs
MAD Designs the ZGC International Innovation Center
Staggered Tower Texan Skyscrapers
BIG Introduces the 1550 on the Green Building in Texas
Scientific Communal Museums
Stefano Boeri Architetti Designs the Museum of Technology in Xi'an
City-Framing Concrete Residences
Cadence Architects Completes the Design of the K-Home
Parametric Style Video Games
Zaha Hadid Architects and Epic Games Add to Re:Imagine London
Traditional Pavilion Skincare Stores
Samuso Hyojadong Designs the New Aesop Store in Seoul
Hotel-Based Garden Terraced Columns
WOHA Designs the Pan Pacific Orchard with Garden Terraces
Intersecting Ring Ferris Wheels
UNStudio Unveils its Plans for the Seoul Twin Eye Wheel
Traditional Sustainable School Designs
Heatherwick Studio Showcases Plans for Universidad Ean
Halo-Like Skylight Homes
Tamara Wibowo Architects Designs the Halo House in Indonesia
Design District Boutique Hotels
Studio Collective Designs the Hotel at the Moore in Miami
Cascading Aluminum Pipe Museums
Kengo Kuma Design the Audeum Museum with an Aluminum Facade
U-Shaped Atrium Hotels
JSa Designs the Hotel Volga in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Red Concrete Exhibition Centers
Mix Architecture Designs the Red Box Exhibition Center
Urban Skyline-View Apartments
i29 Designs the Apartment with a View in Amsterdam
Bright Red Timber Buildings
Office ParkScheerbarth Designs the Compact Haus 2+ in Berlin
Modern Deco Office Designs
Reflect Architecture Designs the NewGen Office with Contemporary Detail
Opulent Opera Venues
This Saudi Opera Complex is Inspired By Traditional Mud Brick Construction
Spine-Based Central Design Buildings
Foster + Partners Designs the Hangzhou Center
Office Building Rainbow Facades
SAKO Architects Designs the Vertical Rainbow Office Building
Glass-Clad Stacked Skyscrapers
The Team at Alloy Unveil Images of 505 State Street Building
Sculptural Museum Expansions
Diller Scofidio + Renfro Unveil Images of the Broad's Expansion
Latticed-Steel Transport Hub Columns
Tremend Designs the Metropolitan Station in Lublin
Artfully Rotating Glass Pillars
Sebine Marcelis Created the Panorama Pillars in Atlanta
Alleyway-Inspired Art Centers
Neri&Hu Completes the New Bund Performing Arts Centre
Glass-Lined Towering Libraries
Snøhetta Designs the Beijing City Library Located in China
Unconventional Chinese Housing Estates
Atelier GOM Designs the Longnan Garden Estate
Basketry-Informed University Facades
Heatherwick Studio Designs a Building for Universidad Ean
South Korean Store Expansions
Palace Skateboards Opens a New Store in South Korea
Porcelain-Clad Skyscrapers
Selldorf Architevts Completes Another New York Skyscraper
Brutalist Minimal Apartment Designs
Zalc Arquitetura Reimagines the JF Apartment in Brazil
Architectural Pottery Museums
1+1>2 Architects Designs the Bat Trang Pottery Museum
Industrial Warehouse-Inspired Offices
Carr Designs a New Office Block with Industrial Themes
Dual-Use Retail Residential Buildings
LOHA Completes the Bellevue53 Project in Los Angeles
Gracefully Dynamic Skyscrapers
The Bond Tower by OODA is Inspired by the Grace of Ballet
Textile-Inspired Skyscraper Designs
Snøhetta Unveils the Airside Skyscraper at the Kai Tak Airport
Dual Level Concrete Galleries
Morphosis Designs the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas
Asian Designer Furniture Exhibitions
This Year's Emerge Exhibition Marks the Third Annual Showcase
Barrel Vault-Topped Metro Stations
KA Architecture Studio Designs the Jahad Metro Plaza
Steel Structural Dynamic Workspaces
Skylab Architecture Builds a New Skylab Office in Oregon
Star-Shaped Structural Pavilions
Minsuk Cho Designs the Archipelagic Void Shelter in London
Garden City-Inspired Airport Designs
BOIFFILS Architectures Redesigns Changi Airport Terminal
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Brutalist-Inspired Apartment Redesigns
Studio Est Redesigns a Battersea Power Station Apartment
Art Center Sweeping Canopies
Kengo Kuma & Associates Extend the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian
Dynamic Mall Rooftop Extensions
Society Particular Completes the Skybowl Roof Extension
Water Flow-Inspired Art Buildings
MAD Designs the Waterfront Nanhai Arts Center in Guangdong
Metal Sheet-Facade Book Stores
Wutopia Labs Designs the Shanghai Book City with a Dynamic Facade
Glass Facade Premium Skyscrapers
Zaha Hadid Architects Near Completes the Henderson Office
Classically Designed Geometric Mosques
Babnimnim Design Studio Creates the Mamluki Lancet Mosque
Greenery-Surrounding Lush Homes
Ho Khue Architects Creates the Nest House in Vietnam
Golden Age-Honoring Housing Blocks
Local Studios Create the Seestadt Aspern Housing Project
Transformed Disused Steelwork Structures
Delugan Meissl Designs Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse
Asymmetrical Sculptural Apartment Blocks
LOHA Designs the South E8 Housing Block in Raleigh
New Orleans Colorful Homes
Office La Designs a Captivating Pink House in New Orleans
Automobile Company Turkey Offices
Boytorun Architects Designs a Bright Mercedes-Bens Office Space
Warm-Tonal Urban City Apartments
General Assembly Creates a Comforting Palette in New York
Graveyard-Transformed Public Parks
SOA Architekti Designs the Transformed Park of Memories
Columned Entrance Family Homes
31/44 Architects Created the 6 Columns Home in Southeast London