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South Korea won the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Olympic games, which spurred waves of new building activity.To market the country globally, international architects were encouraged to submit designs, introducing alternative concepts for modern architecture that began to put style and form ahead of spartan practicality.
Today's Korean architecture can be traced back to historical periods such as the Three Kingdoms period, where they constructed royal palaces, temples, and fortresses. It can also be connected to Chinese architecture with sloping roofs, Modern day Korean wooden-frame architecture is a major example of this that is still prevalent today.
The Millennium Gate (Korean: 천년의 문), sometimes called Seoul Ring, was envisioned in 2000 as the world's first mega-sized ring-shaped architectural structure.It was planned to be erected along the Han River in Sangam-dong, Seoul, in conjunction with the new millennium (Millennium), and the 2002 Korea-Japan FIFA World Cup (2002 FIFA World Cup).
The Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) was designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, winner of the 2004 Pritzker Prize, with the concept of "Metonymic Landscape".Metonymy refers to a method of describing a specific object indirectly, and Hadid integrated historical, cultural, urban, social, and economic aspects of Seoul deduced from this method in order to create a scene of the landscape.
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This is a list of Korean architects. Name [1] Hangul Hanja Year Note Link Kim Swoo Geun: 김수근: 金壽根 1931–1986 Seoul Olympic ...
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The Hyundai Global Business Center, which began construction in May 2020 in Seoul's Gangnam District, is expected to become South Korea's tallest building upon completion in 2029. Also under construction is the Cheongna City Tower in Incheon, although this structure is likely to eventually be classified as a tower rather than a building.