Last time I wrote about the area of Seoul without high-rise apartment buildings — the traditional, and fashionable ...

An advisory committee of the Korea Heritage Service (KHS) expressed strong concerns on Thursday over the Seoul Metropolitan Government's plan to build high-rise buildings near the historic Jongmyo ...

Unesco requested that Seoul Metropolitan Government suspend unilateral approval for a high-rise development project across from Jongmyo Shrine — a Unesco World Heritage site since 1995 — and conduct a ...

When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

South Korea’s thriving, open-all-hours capital is also a place of major historical pedigree, having served as the heart of the Joseon dynasty for over half a millennium. Five royal palaces are laid ...

Designers Studio Ohk have released details of their architecturally-inspired “Urban Soaps” range, reflecting built fragments of the South Korean capital Seoul. The four designs reference traditional ...

The study of smoke movement and fire dynamics in high-rise buildings is critical for improving fire safety and resilience in modern urban environments. Recent investigations have focussed on the ...