Seoul Building Walks
Self-guided architecture walks in Seoul, in English: 30 walks, notes on each building, and what's on inside this week.
Walks
- Samcheong-ro Galleries: Modern landmark to the palace edge
- Hanok Lanes to Jongmyo: Crafts, tiled roofs and a royal shrine wall
- Gwanghwamun to the Forgotten Palace: A royal gate, a civic square and a palace that almost vanished
- Seochon Back Lanes: Royal altars, an old inn and a hanok library on the hill
- Kim Swoo-geun's Brick Seoul: One architect, from an ivy-covered office to a red-brick art street
- From Court to Overpass: Old facades, new skins, a highway garden
- Dongdaemun After Dark: A lit stream, the great east gate and a glowing silver hull
- Seongbuk-dong Collectors' Hill: A temple, a 1938 museum and a scholar's hanok
- Hannam to Yongsan: Star Architects: Botta, Nouvel and Koolhaas, then Chipperfield's cube
- Hongdae and the Rail Forest: An indie arts hub and a park on old tracks
- Seongsu Red Brick: A 1908 waterworks, factories turned cafés
- Han River Night Lights: A French quarter, floating islands and a rainbow bridge
- Gangnam: Temple, Tombs and Towers: A 1,200-year-old temple facing the COEX towers
- Jamsil: Tower, Lake and Olympic Park: Korea's tallest tower and the 1988 Olympic gate
- Yeouido: Parliament to the River: A domed assembly, a long park, a daylit department store and the riverbank
- Seonyudo: A Water Plant Turned Garden: Riverside lawns, an island of old filter tanks and a bridge to Hapjeong
- Mangwon: Market Lunch, River Picnic: Croquettes and fruit from the market, then the riverbank and an old warship
- Haneul Park: Landfill to Grassland: Oil tanks turned arts park, a hilltop of silver grass and the riverside
- Nodeul: Fish Market to the National Museum: An auction hall, an island in the river and Korea's largest museum
- Ttukseom: Containers and the Riverside: A shipping-container mall, a caterpillar gallery and the beach of Seoul
- Gwangjang Market and Sewoon: Mung-bean pancakes, a 1960s megastructure and beer alley
- Namdaemun to Myeongdong: The great south gate, Seoul's biggest market and a 1930 department store
- Gyeongdong Market and the Herb Quarter: Ginseng, roots and a café in an old cinema
- The East Palaces and Jongmyo: Two palaces joined by a garden gate, then the royal shrine
- Naksan: Along the City Wall: Murals, a hilltop park and the 600-year-old wall down to the East Gate
- Namsan: Hanok Village to the Tower: Old houses at the foot, forest paths, the tower on top, and the cable car down
- Seoul Forest to Salgoji Bridge: A racecourse turned park, the stream path and a 15th-century stone bridge
- Amsa and Gwangnaru: Seoul's First Village: 6,000-year-old pit houses, then the quiet eastern riverbank
- Seokchon: Baekje Tombs to the Riverbank: Stepped stone tombs, a café street and the Jamsil riverside
- Magok: Botanic Park, Ando and Space K: A glasshouse lake garden, Tadao Ando's concrete and a gallery by Mecanoo
Curated buildings
- Dongdaemun Design Plaza
- Leeum Museum of Art
- Amorepacific Headquarters
- MMCA Seoul
- Kukje Gallery K3
- Arario Museum in Space
- Seoul Museum of Art (Seosomun)
- Seoul City Hall
- Seoullo 7017