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On a bleak Seoul
business park, Barkow
Leibingers utterly
orthodox block is
distinguished from
its utterly orthodox
neighbours by its
crystalline facade.
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Details of facade. Flat
and three-dimensional
panels of mirrored
glass held in extruded
aluminium frames
combine to create a
scintillating external
envelope.
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Typical as yet
uncolonised office
floor, its experiential
dreariness mitigated
slightly by the
distracting play of the
external skin.
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Seoul surroundings
filtered through the
crystalline cladding.
Architect
Barkow Leibinger, Berlin
Project architect
Martina Bauer
Structural engineers
Schlaich Bergermann & Partner, Stuttgart;
Jeon & Lee Partners, Seoul
Facades
Arup Facade Engineering, Berlin/Hongkong;
Alutek, Seoul
Photographs
Christian Richters
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