AMCO Constructions Co. Ltd. (Hangul: 엠코건설), a Korean construction company founded and established in October 2002. is based in Yangjae-dong Seocho-gu Seoul, South Korea.... »
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Incheon International Airport
Incheon International Airport (IIA) (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) (Korean: 인천국제공항) is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest and busiest in Asia. Since 2005, it has been consecutively rated as the best airport in the world by the Airports Council International and received the full 5-star ranking by Skytrax, the... »
Samsung Tower Palace 3 – Tower G
Tower Palace Three, Tower G has been the tallest building in South Korea since its construction in 2004. Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, it is located in the Gangnam-gu district of Seoul, South Korea. It is 73 floors and 264 meters (866 feet) high. Its shape is formed by three oval lobes joined together.... »
63 Building
The DLI (Daehan Life Insurance) 63 Building (63 빌딩 or 육삼 빌딩) is a skyscraper on Yeouido Island, overlooking the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. At 249 meters (817 ft) high, it is the 3rd tallest building in South Korea and the 135th tallest building worldwide. It is an iconic landmark of the... »
Minsuk Cho
Minsuk Cho was born in Seoul and graduated from the Architectural Engineering Department of Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea) and the Graduate School of Architecture at Columbia University (New York, NY U.S.A.). He began his professional career working for Kolatan/MacDonald Studio, and Polshek and Partners, both in New York City, and later relocated to the... »
Kyu Sung Woo
Kyu Sung Woo, FAIA, HON. AIK, was born in Seoul, Korea and received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Architectural Engineering at Seoul National University. He came to the United States in 1967, where he studied architecture at Columbia University receiving a Master of Architecture in 1968. Mr. Woo then received... »
Songdo Incheon Towers
The Songdo Incheon Twin Towers are a pair of supertall skyscrapers planned for completion in 2012. The $3 billion, 2,013 ft (614 m) tall twin towers will be the centerpiece of a 13,000 acre (53 km²) urban development, called New Songdo City, located in Incheon, South Korea. The towers will be connected by three... »
Funding Secured For 690m Tall Korean Scraper
What if ever built will be the second tallest building in the world, is finally being fleshed out to stand in a new emerging commercial zone in the Korean capital of Seoul, Digital Media City. The project formally announced by local government in Seoul, is being developed by a wing of Samung, C&T and is... »
Foreigners Contribute to Seoul Skyline
The sky is now hardly the limit for Korean developers that are cranking out plan after plan to build super towers, but an insufficient pool of local architects is keeping them watching on the sidelines as observers of the high-rise boom. From the Sangam DMC Tower, Yongsan Dream Tower and Yeouido Parc1 to the Samsung-dong... »