House of Dior Seoul
하우스 오브 디올
Flagship store · Christian de Portzamparc (interiors: Peter Marino) · 2015 · Gangnam-gu
Address: 서울 강남구 압구정로 464
Six storeys wrapped in eleven curving white shells by the Pritzker winner Christian de Portzamparc, modelled on the stiff cotton toiles Dior's gowns were draped from. Just along the street from Gehry's Louis Vuitton, so the two make a short pair to see together.
Getting in: Store open daily; the café and gallery floors upstairs may need a booking. Near Cheongdam Station.
A lesser-known building that architecture fans seek out; facts from the pages under Sources, summary written by us.