Research
03 April 2023
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2022: World Surpasses 2,000 Buildings of 200 Meters or Greater Height
CTBUH Staff
This report shows that 147 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed in 2022, a 25 percent increase from 2021, when 118 such...
22 August 2022
The World’s Highest Pools: A Deep Dive
S. Isaac Work & Shawn Ursini, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Tall building design has diversified and adapted to accommodate increased demand for distinctive amenities at a range of heights. Swimming pools are a classic feature...
15 December 2021
Megacities vs. Urban Sprawl; Densifying vs. Social Distancing
Astrid Piber, UNStudio
Decentralization and the “15-minute city” are ideas that are currently being put forward to tackle urban challenges, but how will these issues be tackled in...
26 June 2020
Challenges in Structural Design of Bumeo W-project
Jong Soo Kim & Duck Won Jo and Eun Gyu Choim, CS Structural Engineering
W-Project is 60-story mixed-use residential building complex project in Daegu, the third biggest city in South Korea. There are lots explorable items to be solved...
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12 December 2018
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2018
CTBUH Research
The astronomical growth in tall building construction observed over the past decade continued in 2018, though the total number of completed buildings of 200 meters’...
30 April 2018
Cyclone-Glazing and Façade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region: Market and Code Study
Angela Mejorin, Dario Trabucco, CTBUH; Reisuke Nakada, Malvinder Singh Ruprai & Ingo Stelzer, Trosifol World of Interlayers
This paper summarizes the Stage 1 results of the CTBUH Research Division’s project “Cyclone-Glazing and Facade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region.” The project was possible...
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05 February 2018
2017: Skyscraper History’s Tallest, Highest- Volume, and Most Geographically Diverse Year
This 2017 Tall Building Year in Review / Tall Buildings in Numbers data analysis report shows that more buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater...
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05 February 2018
Lotte World Tower: Seoul’s First Supertall
James von Klemperer, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
The Lotte World Tower became the world’s fifth-tallest building upon completion in 2017, and is currently the only supertall building (300 meters or higher) in...
01 December 2017
Designing High Performance MEP Systems for Supertall Buildings: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities
Craig Burton, Interface Engineering, Inc.
The design and construction of supertall buildings has grown dramatically in recent years. This area of practice has traditionally fallen within the purview of a...
01 December 2017
The Ultra-Modern FKI Tower
John Peronto, Thornton Tomasetti
A modern and highly-sustainable addition to the skyline of Seoul, South Korea has been completed; the Federation of Korean Industries Headquarters (FKI). The signature saw-toothed...
01 September 2017
Application of Post-Tension Technology on Tall Buildings
Kwangryang Chung, Jungwoo Park & Younghye Kim, Dong Yang Structural Engineers Co., Ltd; Dohun Kim, POSCO E&C
It’s been a decade since post-tension system began to be applied in earnest to buildings in Korea. In the meantime, posttension system has been used...
01 September 2017
Preliminary Design of Structural Health Monitoring for High-Rise Buildings
Hyun-hee Ryu, Jong-soo Kim, Eun-gyu Choi & Sang-hoon Lee, CS Structural Engineering
The purpose of structural health monitoring is to evaluate structural behavior due to various external loads through installation of appropriate measurement. Accordingly, a guideline for...
01 September 2017
Structural Performance of 800 MPa High-Strength Steel Members
Cheol-Ho Lee, Seoul National University
The use of high-strength steels in construction of highrise and mega building structures can bring about many technological advantages from fabrication to erection. However, key...
08 August 2017
Frontiers in High-Rise Outrigger Design
Hi sun Choi & Leonard M. Joseph, Thornton Tomasetti; SawTeen See, Leslie E. Robertson Associates; Rupa Garai, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
In 2012, CTBUH published the first Outrigger Design for High-Rise Buildings Technical Guide. In 2016, the CTBUH Outrigger Working Group felt it would be beneficial...
08 August 2017
Ten Significant Tall Buildings, and the Significant Women Behind Them
Leading Women in Tall Buildings
Recently, there has been a growing and overdue recognition in the architecture discipline that women are under-represented, not just in terms of leadership positions held,...
01 March 2017
Effect of Outriggers on Differential Column Shortening in Tall Buildings
Han-Soo Kim, Konkuk University
Special consideration should be given to differential column shortening during the design and construction of a tall building to mitigate the adverse effects caused by...
01 March 2017
Impact of Air-side Economizer Control Considering Air Quality Index on Variable Air Volume System Performance
Sang-Hyeon Cho, Joon-Young Park & Jae-Weon Jeong, Hanyang Univeristy
The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a modified air-side economizer in improving indoor air quality (IAQ). An air-side economizer, which...
01 March 2017
Prediction of Time-dependent Lateral Movement Induced by Differential Shortening in Tall Buildings
Taehun Ha & Sungho Lee, Daewoo E&C; Sangdae Kim, Korea University
High-rise buildings move during construction due to time-dependent material properties of concrete (creep and shrinkage), construction sequences, and structural shapes. The building movements, including vertical...
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10 January 2017
Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2016
Jason Gabel, Annan Shehadi, Shawn Ursini & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
CTBUH has determined that 128 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2016 – setting a new record for...
17 October 2016
21st Century Vertical Lifestyles - Intergenerational, Integrated Communities
Stephan Reinke, Stephan Reinke Architects Limited
How does the 21st Century youth culture of social media integrate and merge with an ever increasing tech savvy senior population? As our cities and...
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17 October 2016
Megacities: Setting the Scene
Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities growing together...
17 October 2016
Performance-Based Seismic Design of High-Rise Apartment Buildings in Korea
Taejin Kim, Minhee Lee, Changhwan Yoo & Jong-Ho Kim, Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants
The objective of this study is to apply performance-based seismic design methodology to highrise apartment buildings in South Korea with consideration for collapse prevention levels....
17 October 2016
Structural Design Considerations and Challenges for Busan’s Haeundae Resort Complex
Kwang Ryang Chung, Dong Yang Structural Engineers
In the early twentieth century, many countries were obsessed with high-rise buildings taller than 100 stories, and Korea was swept up in the challenge to...
01 September 2016
Design Considerations for Concrete High-Rise Buildings
Kwangryang Chung & Chulho Park, Dongyang Structural Engineers Co., Ltd; Dohun Kim, POSCO E&C
Busan’s Haeundae Resort project, which is currently being constructed by POSCO E&C, comprises the 101-story Landmark Tower and two 85-story residential towers. Presently, foundation and...
01 September 2016
Key Technologies for Super Tall Building Construction: Lotte World Tower
Gyu Dong Kim & Joo Ho Lee, Lotte Engineering and Construction
This paper addresses the key technologies for supertall building construction based on the Lotte World Tower project in Korea. First, the mega-mat foundation construction technologies...
04 February 2016
Ventilation and Sound Attenuation Potential of Double-Skin Façades in Urban High-Rises
Jeehwan Lee, The University of Kansas
Airtight building envelopes and the indiscriminate use of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems have historically prevented high-rise occupants from considering natural ventilation strategies. Even...
01 December 2015
Foundation Design Practice for High-rise Buildings in Korea
Sungho Kim & Seunghyeun Hong, Jinyoung Consultants; Yongkyu Choi, Kyungsung University
It is common for tall buildings in Korea to have a ground response that is highly sensitive to the behavior of the structure. Therefore, the...
26 October 2015
Challenges and Opportunities for the Structural Design of the 123-Story Jamsil Lotte World Tower
Jong-Ho Kim, Yeonki Jung & Jidong Kim, Chang Minwoo Structural
The Jamsil Lotte World Tower, a high-rise component of the 2nd Lotte World Amusement Complex, is being constructed at Jamsil, Seoul, Korea. This 123-story building...
26 October 2015
Engineering Without Engines
Bjarke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group
With the rise of technological solutions, the practice of architecture is often divorced from the cultural, social, and environmental contexts where we build. Buildings have...
26 October 2015
From New York to Busan: Reflecting Culture in Urban Design
Daniel Libeskind & Carla Swickerath, Studio Libeskind
Overpopulation, climate change, aging infrastructure: the threats facing tomorrow’s cities are, in many ways, design problems. The challenges of today’s world have to be solved...
26 October 2015
SKYSCRAPER Driven From Inside Out Towards Nature
Chang-Soon Choi & Sooin Oh, Samoo Architects & Engineers
An essential element of skyscraper architecture lies in its adaptability to an existing environment. For its massiveness in height and size, a skyscraper, while becoming...
26 October 2015
The Challenges of Delivering Iconic Tall Buildings Across the World: A Global Technology Transfer
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Samsung C&T Corporation
Samsung and the authors’ involvement in these major tall and complex building projects have facilitated the transfer of the technologies and best practices to projects...
01 September 2015
Outrigger Systems for Tall Buildings in Korea
Kwangryang Chung and Wonil Sunu, DongYang Structural Engineers
Outrigger systems are highly efficient since they utilize the perimeter zone to resist lateral forces, similar to tubular systems. The entire structural weight can be...
01 September 2015
The Construction of Initial Analytical Models Structural Health Monitoring of a Masonry Structure
Seonwoong Kim, Youngsan University; Ji Young Kim, Daewoo Institute of Construction Technology; and In Hwan Hwang, Hanyang University
It is important to accurately predict structural responses to external excitations such as typhoons and earthquakes when designing structures for serviceability. One of the key...
01 June 2015
Urban Density and the Porous High-Rise: The Integration of the Tall Building in the City
James von Klemperer, Kohn Pedersen Fox
As the skyscraper matures as a building type, its role in actively connecting to, and reinforcing, major threads of urban fabric becomes increasingly more important....
31 December 2014
Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in...
06 November 2014
The Competition for the Tallest Skyscraper - Implications for Global Ethics and Economics
Christopher Michaelson, University of St. Thomas
An iconic skyscraper has aesthetic significance that may have meaning for other aspects of human experience – serving, for example, as an expression of cultural...
16 September 2014
Optimizing the Structural Design of the 151 Story Incheon Tower
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, MoonSook Jeong, Soogon Lee & Sangki Jang, Samsung C&T
The 151 story super high-rise building located in an area of reclaimed land constructed over soft marine clay in Songdo, Korea. The focus of this...
16 September 2014
Structure Engineering of W-Project in Busan Yonghoman
Jong Soo Kim, Hyun Hee Ryu, Duck Won Cho & Eun Gyu Choi, C.S. Structural Engineering (CSSE)
W-Project is 70-story mixed-use residential building complex project in Busan, South Korea. As it is a high-rise building complex located at the coast, the residents...
16 September 2014
Urban Density and the Porous High-Rise: The Integration of the Tall Building in the City
James von Klemperer, Kohn Pedersen Fox
As the skyscraper matures as a building type, its role in actively connecting to, and reinforcing, major threads of urban fabric becomes increasingly more important....
01 September 2014
Challenges in Structural Design of W-Project
Jong Soo Kim, CS Structural Engineering
W-Project is 70-story mixed-use residential building complex project in Busan, the second biggest city in South Korea. There were many difficult challenges to be solved...
11 June 2014
Highest Helipads
CTBUH Research
In this installment of Tall Buildings in Numbers, CTBUH considers how helipads are used on skyscrapers, and which are the highest in the world. The...
01 June 2014
Standing Out by Blending in: Tower Infinity
Charles Wee, GDS Architects
In September 2013, GDS Architects received planning approval for the 450-meter, US$400 million Tower Infinity in Cheongna, South Korea, between Incheon International Airport and Seoul....
31 December 2012
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2012
Kevin Brass, Antony Wood & Marty Carver, CTBUH
For the first time in six years the number of tall buildings completed annually around the world declined as the effects of the global financial...
01 December 2012
One of the Architecture World’s Fast Rising Stars has BIG Plans for Designing Tall Buildings
Bjarke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group
OMA alumnus Bjarke Ingels has made a name for his Bjarke Ingels Group with innovative, paradigm-busting projects that blend nature and functionality with new twists...
01 December 2012
Potential Development in South Korea’s Tall Building Technology
Payam Bahrami, CTBUH; David Scott, Laing O’Rourke; Eun-Ho Oh & Young-Ho Lee, Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT)
This paper evolved from an initiative launched in 2010 to investigate the status of fundamental technologies necessary for the construction of supertall buildings in South...
19 September 2012
Biomimicry Inspired Design for Nine Towers at Central Park in New Songdo City
Kenneth Drucker, HOK New York
The 9 45-60 story towers designed by HOK in New Songdo City along the edge of the new Central Park highlight the integration of high...
01 September 2012
State of Practice of Performance-Based Seismic Design in Korea
Dong-Hun Lee, Taejin Kim, Jong-Ho Kim, & Dae-Eon Kang, Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants
Today, a great effort to develop PBSD procedure to be utilized in Korea is given by domestic structural engineers, academics, and governmental organizations. After Great...
18 January 2012
The Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall
Nathaniel Hollister & Antony Wood, CTBUH
Within this decade we will likely witness not only the world’s first kilometer-tall building, but also the completion of a significant number of buildings over...
31 December 2011
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2011
Nathaniel Hollister & Antony Wood, CTBUH
The annual story is becoming a familiar one: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and now 2011 have each sequentially broke the record for the most 200...
16 November 2011
Country Report: South Korea
JuHwan Cho, SIAPLAN; Kwang Ryang Chung, DongYang Structural Engineers
Tall buildings, especially very tall or iconic ones, often tell a story which is bigger than just the need for space or the want for...
01 November 2011
Case Study: Haeundae I'Park, Busan
Carla Swickerath, Studiop Daniel Libeskind; Peter Tillson, Arup
The I'Park development creates a new, forward-looking image for the Hyundai Development Company and a new vision for residential living in Busan. In South Korea,...
01 November 2011
South Korea: Past, Present and Future
CTBUH Research
As of the year 2000, there were only 9 buildings 150 meters or taller in all of South Korea. Just twelve years later, there are...
11 October 2011
Debating Tall: Are Supertalls Sustainable?
Young Kyu Ju, Korea University; ; Jae-Weon Jeong, Sejong University
Whether tall buildings are a truly sustainable building type has been, and still is, a debatable topic. As sustainability becomes an increasing global issue, this...
10 October 2011
Foundation Design and Pile Testing Program for the 151 Story Incheon Tower in a Reclamation Area
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Samsung C&T; Harry G. Poulos & Frances Badelow, Coffey Geotechnics; Sung Ho-Kim, Jinyoung ENC Enterprise
The 151 storey super high-rise building is located in an area or reclaimed land constructed over soft marine clay in Songdo, Korea and is currently...
10 October 2011
Journals and Patents for Measuring the Development of Technologies in the Area of Supertall Building
Giu Lee, Kyong-Ho Chin, Young-Ho Lee, et al., Korea Institute of Construction Technology
This paper aims to provide quantitative and qualitative data for assessing the level of technologies in the area of super tall buildings in Korea. Thus,...
10 October 2011
Survey Research of Measuring the Perceptional Level of Core Technologies in the Area of Supertall Buildings in Korea
Eun-Ho Oh, Young-Ho Lee, Kyong-Ho Chin, et al. Korea Institute of Contruction Technology
Global demands for supertall buildings are rising rapidly worldwide in the wake of urbanization, advances in structural design and facility system technology and popularity of...
13 April 2011
Tall and Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Research
Tall buildings are spreading across the globe at an ever-increasing rate. This study demonstrates the relationship between population and tall buildings across those countries and...
31 December 2010
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
CTBUH Research
In a year dominated by news coverage of the new “World’s Tallest Building” – Burj Khalifa, Dubai – one may be surprised to learn that,...
07 June 2010
Interview: Winy Maas, MVRDV
Winy Maas, MVRDV
The urban future of Chinese cities could take the shape of supersized parabolic structures in and around current cities. Imagine a range of various green...
03 March 2008
Challenging Preconceptions of the High-Rise Typology
Rem Koolhaas, OMA
The skyscraper was born over 100 years ago, when the elevator made it possible to have access to previously unimaginable levels of a building. This...
03 March 2008
Evaluations of the dynamic properties for a residential tall building in Korea
Ji Young Kim & Dae Young Kim, Daewoo E&C; Sang Dae Kim, Korea University
The construction of tall buildings can be regarded as one of the most complex and expensive projects. It thus seems important to design the structure...
03 March 2008
New Songdo City – The Making of a New Green City
Christine Todd Whitman, Whitman Strategy Group; Charles Reid, Gale International World Headquarters; James Von Klemperer, KPF; Josh Radoff & Anthony Roy, YRG Sustainability
This paper outlines the process for approaching sustainable development and explores the opportunities and challenges that exist throughout the development process, from planning and design,...
03 March 2008
Structural System of North-East Asia Trade Tower in Korea
Kwang Chung & Do Hyun Kim, Dong Yang Structural Engineers; David Scott, Ove Arup
NEATT is a unique, tapered structure of 68 stories high (305 m) which can be characterized by its highly irregular shape and two outrigger floors....
03 March 2008
Sustainable Design in South Korea and Vietnam
Matthias A. Olt & James P. Rothwell, Callison Architecture
In an age when high-rise design is driven by grandeur aspirations of tallest and biggest, 2 high-rise towers in South Korea and Vietnam provide examples...
16 October 2005
Urban Development in Asia
Stephan S. Huh, Parker Durrant International
Busan is the second largest city in Korea, in constant competition against Seoul for the title of largest. Some of its efforts to rejuvenate part...
10 October 2004
A Study on the Effective Lateral Drift Control of Supertall Buildings In Korea
Young-Hak Kim, Soon-Jeon Park & Joo-Hwan Ko, Lotte Engineering & Construction Co.; et al.
The purpose of this study is to determine the special feature through the value of displacement contribution factor calculated by using the principle of virtual...
10 October 2004
A Study on the Satisfaction with Work Space in High-rise Office Building
Si-Hwa Bae, Kyungwon College; Sung-Moon Jung, Samoo Architects & Engineers
This study aims at finding the direction for improving the office space through the research on the working features and satisfaction of the workers by...
10 October 2004
An Experimental Investigation of Environmental Noise for High-rise Apartment in Urban Areas
Ho Chun Yoo, University of Ulsan; Sang Woo Lee, Kyonggi University; Soo Yeul Lee, E&S Architecture & Engineering; Dong Woo Kim, Suwon Science College
This study investigated the characteristics and sources of the road traffic noise at each given time depending on the amount of the road traffic transportation.
10 October 2004
Analysis of POE of Living Environment in Super-Multistory Houses (Focused on Tower Palace I Project, Seoul)
Ju-Hwan Cho, SIA PLAN Architects
It was intended in this study to deduct the elements that may be applied in planning in future through assessment of post occupancy evaluation of...
10 October 2004
Characteristic and Evaluation of Floor Impact Sound for High-rise Apartment Buildings
Sang-Gon Cha & Sang-Woo Lee, Kyonggi University; Gab-Chul Jeong, Daewoo Institute of Construction Technology
In this study, the floor impact sound are measured and analyzed for high-rise apartment buildings to investigate the insulation performance of floor impact sound with...
10 October 2004
Column Shortening of Concrete Cores and Composite Columns in a Tall Building
Han-Soo Kim & Suk-Hee Cho, Hyundai Institute of Construction Technology Development
The effect of column shortening is a major consideration in the design and construction of tall buildings, especially in concrete and composite structural systems. The...
10 October 2004
District Unit Plan in Seoul as a New Approach for Urban Form and Density Control
Byong Gyu Park, Seoul National University of Technology
Korea economy has been experienced rapid industrialization since 1960s. Rapid industrialization accelerated the high utilization of land and concentration of population to urban area. According...
10 October 2004
Dynamic Properties of Tall Buildings in Korea
Sung-Won Yoon, Seoul National University of Technology; Young-Kyu Ju, University of Texas at Austin
This paper is concerned with the natural frequency and damping ratios of steel and reinforced concrete buildings. It describes the vibration measurement methods employed for...
10 October 2004
Effects of Neighboring Building on Wind Loads
Kangpyo Cho & Sungil Hong, Wonkwang University; Kyu-Seok Hwang, Hyundai Institute of Construction Technology
The evaluation of wind loads on buildings in Korea is carried out mainly by using Korean Standard Design Loads for Buildings, whose specifications are generally...
10 October 2004
Flexural Capacity of the Encased(Slim Floor) Composite Beam with Deep Deck Plate
Myong-Keun Kwak, Byung-Wook Heo & Kyu-Woong Bae, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, et al.
The advantages of composite construction include an improved structural economy, good performance in service, and ease of construction. However, due to the large depth, these...
10 October 2004
High Flown Architecture and Ascendancy of the Building
Alfred B. Hwangbo, Seoul National University of Technology
This paper intends to assert, from particular frame of reference in architectural history and theory, that more careful building strategies are needed for a better...
10 October 2004
Influence of Architectural Elements on Stack Effect Problems in Tall Residential Building
Hoi-Soo Seo, POSCO E & C Company; Sung-Han Koo, Jae-Hun Jo, et al., Seoul National University
Many studies have been done on the problems caused by the stack effect in office buildings, and several solutions have been proposed. This paper presents...
10 October 2004
Integration of Design and Construction of the Tallest Building in Korea
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Samsung C&T; William F. Baker, SOM; Kwang R. Chung, Dong Yang Structural Engineers
Tower Palace III was conceived as a 93-story residential tower soaring 320 meters into Seoul’s skyline. However, concerns of the local residents and authorities over...
10 October 2004
Introduction to Korea Building Code(Draft)
Bong-Soo Jeon, Jeon and Associates
The draft of the Korean Building Code (KBC) is briefly described in this document to enable the reader to study the systems of building codes...
10 October 2004
Managing Mixed-use Housings within Urban Design District in Seoul
Heeji Lim, Seoul Development Institute
This study examines why high-rise mixed-use housings have been developed excessively in the urban design districts and proposes ways to control the excessive development and...
10 October 2004
Optimal Combination between Concrete Strength and Sets of Forms in High-rise Building
Sung-Hoon An, Kyung-In Kang & Gwang-Hee Kim, Korea University; U-Yeol Park, Young-San University
This study presented an optimal combination between concrete strength and slab form sets to reduce the cycle time of the structural framework, to minimize overall...
10 October 2004
Public Space Planning of Mixed-use High-rise Buildings - Focusing on the Use and Impact of Deck Structure in an Urban Development in Seoul
Eun-Ju Park & Jae-Hyun Shim, Sejong University; Seung Park, Samoo
The purpose of this study is to analyze the planning and the design of public space at the street level of Mixed-use tall buildings currently...
10 October 2004
Reform Measures of Korea’s High-rise Buildings Construction Period
Ki-In Kim, HanmiParsons
The construction of high-rise buildings in Korea started in the early 1980s. However, considering the fact that the buildings practically appeared in the late 1990s...
10 October 2004
Restoring Urban Sensibility: Returning Soul to Seoul
Charles I Wee, Michael S. Collins & Scott M. Callihan, GDS Architects
This paper will serve as a critique of certain “lost opportunities” encountered in the recent context of Korean development that resulted in the rapid emergence...
10 October 2004
Structural Design and Analysis of Trump-world Marine
Jong Soo Kim, Chang Hoon Shin & Dong Hwan Kim, CS Structural Engineering; Young Seok Lee, Daewoo E&C
This paper introduces the structural design and analysis of the Trump-World Marine. As a residential development, this building is located at Haewoondae, Busan, Korea. It...
10 October 2004
Structural Design and Construction of Hyundai-Hyperion Project, Seoul, Korea
Kwang-Ryang Chung, Dong Yang Structural Engineers; In-Ki Kim, HYCA Architects & Engineers; Myeong-Han Kim, Kyungwoon University
In this paper, Hyundai-Hyperion Project, which would be one of the tallest buildings in Korea, has been introduced. Key points in the structural design process...
10 October 2004
The Dongbu Securities Headquarters Building
Joong C. Lee & Gregory Freeman, Weidlinger Associates
The Dongbu Securities Headquarters Building in Daichi-Dong, Seoul is a dynamic interplay of interlocked, canted forms that fold into each other in a response to...
10 October 2004
The Evaluation of Performance for the Application of a Heat Recovery Ventilator to High-rise Apartments
Sang-Min Kim, Hyundai Institute of Construction Technology; Heung-Don Ham, Daewon Science College; Jang-Yeul Sohn, Hanyang University
In this study, the optimum schedule for operating an HRV system that would save the most energy and sustain a reasonable rate of air exchange...
10 October 2004
The Influence of Urban Housing Forms on Medical Pathology
Hong Kyu Kim, Eun Jin Lee & Kum Sook Cho, Yonsei University
This study examines the different effects of single-family and multi-family houses on the health of its resident children. In addition, diseases related to the floor...
10 October 2004
The Role of the Skyscraper in Shaping the Korean Central Business District
Jeasun Lee
When one thinks of an city, perhaps the first image that comes to mind is the skyline. While important cities have always had symbolic skylines...
10 October 2004
The Roles of Construction Management in Super High-Rise Building Projects
O-Kyung Kwon & Jong-Hoon Kim, Hanmiparsons
Even though super high-rise building projects have been undertaken in Korea, there is a relatively small number of studies carried out on the projects. This...
20 October 2003
Structural Design and Analysis of Galleria Place
Jong Soo Kim, Song Mun Yoo & Dong Whan Kim, C S Structural Engineering
This paper presents the structural design and analysis of the Galleria Palace. As a residential development, this building is located at Jamsil district, Seoul, Korea....
03 April 2023
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2022: World Surpasses 2,000 Buildings of 200 Meters or Greater Height
CTBUH Staff
This report shows that 147 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed in 2022, a 25 percent increase from 2021, when 118 such...
22 August 2022
The World’s Highest Pools: A Deep Dive
S. Isaac Work & Shawn Ursini, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Tall building design has diversified and adapted to accommodate increased demand for distinctive amenities at a range of heights. Swimming pools are a classic feature...
15 December 2021
Megacities vs. Urban Sprawl; Densifying vs. Social Distancing
Astrid Piber, UNStudio
Decentralization and the “15-minute city” are ideas that are currently being put forward to tackle urban challenges, but how will these issues be tackled in...
26 June 2020
Challenges in Structural Design of Bumeo W-project
Jong Soo Kim & Duck Won Jo and Eun Gyu Choim, CS Structural Engineering
W-Project is 60-story mixed-use residential building complex project in Daegu, the third biggest city in South Korea. There are lots explorable items to be solved...
12 December 2018
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2018
CTBUH Research
The astronomical growth in tall building construction observed over the past decade continued in 2018, though the total number of completed buildings of 200 meters’...
30 April 2018
Cyclone-Glazing and Façade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region: Market and Code Study
Angela Mejorin, Dario Trabucco, CTBUH; Reisuke Nakada, Malvinder Singh Ruprai & Ingo Stelzer, Trosifol World of Interlayers
This paper summarizes the Stage 1 results of the CTBUH Research Division’s project “Cyclone-Glazing and Facade Resilience for the Asia-Pacific Region.” The project was possible...
05 February 2018
2017: Skyscraper History’s Tallest, Highest- Volume, and Most Geographically Diverse Year
This 2017 Tall Building Year in Review / Tall Buildings in Numbers data analysis report shows that more buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater...
05 February 2018
Lotte World Tower: Seoul’s First Supertall
James von Klemperer, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
The Lotte World Tower became the world’s fifth-tallest building upon completion in 2017, and is currently the only supertall building (300 meters or higher) in...
01 December 2017
Designing High Performance MEP Systems for Supertall Buildings: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities
Craig Burton, Interface Engineering, Inc.
The design and construction of supertall buildings has grown dramatically in recent years. This area of practice has traditionally fallen within the purview of a...
01 December 2017
The Ultra-Modern FKI Tower
John Peronto, Thornton Tomasetti
A modern and highly-sustainable addition to the skyline of Seoul, South Korea has been completed; the Federation of Korean Industries Headquarters (FKI). The signature saw-toothed...
01 September 2017
Application of Post-Tension Technology on Tall Buildings
Kwangryang Chung, Jungwoo Park & Younghye Kim, Dong Yang Structural Engineers Co., Ltd; Dohun Kim, POSCO E&C
It’s been a decade since post-tension system began to be applied in earnest to buildings in Korea. In the meantime, posttension system has been used...
01 September 2017
Preliminary Design of Structural Health Monitoring for High-Rise Buildings
Hyun-hee Ryu, Jong-soo Kim, Eun-gyu Choi & Sang-hoon Lee, CS Structural Engineering
The purpose of structural health monitoring is to evaluate structural behavior due to various external loads through installation of appropriate measurement. Accordingly, a guideline for...
01 September 2017
Structural Performance of 800 MPa High-Strength Steel Members
Cheol-Ho Lee, Seoul National University
The use of high-strength steels in construction of highrise and mega building structures can bring about many technological advantages from fabrication to erection. However, key...
08 August 2017
Frontiers in High-Rise Outrigger Design
Hi sun Choi & Leonard M. Joseph, Thornton Tomasetti; SawTeen See, Leslie E. Robertson Associates; Rupa Garai, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
In 2012, CTBUH published the first Outrigger Design for High-Rise Buildings Technical Guide. In 2016, the CTBUH Outrigger Working Group felt it would be beneficial...
08 August 2017
Ten Significant Tall Buildings, and the Significant Women Behind Them
Leading Women in Tall Buildings
Recently, there has been a growing and overdue recognition in the architecture discipline that women are under-represented, not just in terms of leadership positions held,...
01 March 2017
Effect of Outriggers on Differential Column Shortening in Tall Buildings
Han-Soo Kim, Konkuk University
Special consideration should be given to differential column shortening during the design and construction of a tall building to mitigate the adverse effects caused by...
01 March 2017
Impact of Air-side Economizer Control Considering Air Quality Index on Variable Air Volume System Performance
Sang-Hyeon Cho, Joon-Young Park & Jae-Weon Jeong, Hanyang Univeristy
The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a modified air-side economizer in improving indoor air quality (IAQ). An air-side economizer, which...
01 March 2017
Prediction of Time-dependent Lateral Movement Induced by Differential Shortening in Tall Buildings
Taehun Ha & Sungho Lee, Daewoo E&C; Sangdae Kim, Korea University
High-rise buildings move during construction due to time-dependent material properties of concrete (creep and shrinkage), construction sequences, and structural shapes. The building movements, including vertical...
10 January 2017
Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2016
Jason Gabel, Annan Shehadi, Shawn Ursini & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
CTBUH has determined that 128 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2016 – setting a new record for...
17 October 2016
21st Century Vertical Lifestyles - Intergenerational, Integrated Communities
Stephan Reinke, Stephan Reinke Architects Limited
How does the 21st Century youth culture of social media integrate and merge with an ever increasing tech savvy senior population? As our cities and...
17 October 2016
Megacities: Setting the Scene
Daniel Safarik, Shawn Ursini & Antony Wood; Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization phenomenon, and to observe the effects of multicore, polycentric cities growing together...
17 October 2016
Performance-Based Seismic Design of High-Rise Apartment Buildings in Korea
Taejin Kim, Minhee Lee, Changhwan Yoo & Jong-Ho Kim, Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants
The objective of this study is to apply performance-based seismic design methodology to highrise apartment buildings in South Korea with consideration for collapse prevention levels....
17 October 2016
Structural Design Considerations and Challenges for Busan’s Haeundae Resort Complex
Kwang Ryang Chung, Dong Yang Structural Engineers
In the early twentieth century, many countries were obsessed with high-rise buildings taller than 100 stories, and Korea was swept up in the challenge to...
01 September 2016
Design Considerations for Concrete High-Rise Buildings
Kwangryang Chung & Chulho Park, Dongyang Structural Engineers Co., Ltd; Dohun Kim, POSCO E&C
Busan’s Haeundae Resort project, which is currently being constructed by POSCO E&C, comprises the 101-story Landmark Tower and two 85-story residential towers. Presently, foundation and...
01 September 2016
Key Technologies for Super Tall Building Construction: Lotte World Tower
Gyu Dong Kim & Joo Ho Lee, Lotte Engineering and Construction
This paper addresses the key technologies for supertall building construction based on the Lotte World Tower project in Korea. First, the mega-mat foundation construction technologies...
04 February 2016
Ventilation and Sound Attenuation Potential of Double-Skin Façades in Urban High-Rises
Jeehwan Lee, The University of Kansas
Airtight building envelopes and the indiscriminate use of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems have historically prevented high-rise occupants from considering natural ventilation strategies. Even...
01 December 2015
Foundation Design Practice for High-rise Buildings in Korea
Sungho Kim & Seunghyeun Hong, Jinyoung Consultants; Yongkyu Choi, Kyungsung University
It is common for tall buildings in Korea to have a ground response that is highly sensitive to the behavior of the structure. Therefore, the...
26 October 2015
Challenges and Opportunities for the Structural Design of the 123-Story Jamsil Lotte World Tower
Jong-Ho Kim, Yeonki Jung & Jidong Kim, Chang Minwoo Structural
The Jamsil Lotte World Tower, a high-rise component of the 2nd Lotte World Amusement Complex, is being constructed at Jamsil, Seoul, Korea. This 123-story building...
26 October 2015
Engineering Without Engines
Bjarke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group
With the rise of technological solutions, the practice of architecture is often divorced from the cultural, social, and environmental contexts where we build. Buildings have...
26 October 2015
From New York to Busan: Reflecting Culture in Urban Design
Daniel Libeskind & Carla Swickerath, Studio Libeskind
Overpopulation, climate change, aging infrastructure: the threats facing tomorrow’s cities are, in many ways, design problems. The challenges of today’s world have to be solved...
26 October 2015
SKYSCRAPER Driven From Inside Out Towards Nature
Chang-Soon Choi & Sooin Oh, Samoo Architects & Engineers
An essential element of skyscraper architecture lies in its adaptability to an existing environment. For its massiveness in height and size, a skyscraper, while becoming...
26 October 2015
The Challenges of Delivering Iconic Tall Buildings Across the World: A Global Technology Transfer
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Samsung C&T Corporation
Samsung and the authors’ involvement in these major tall and complex building projects have facilitated the transfer of the technologies and best practices to projects...
01 September 2015
Outrigger Systems for Tall Buildings in Korea
Kwangryang Chung and Wonil Sunu, DongYang Structural Engineers
Outrigger systems are highly efficient since they utilize the perimeter zone to resist lateral forces, similar to tubular systems. The entire structural weight can be...
01 September 2015
The Construction of Initial Analytical Models Structural Health Monitoring of a Masonry Structure
Seonwoong Kim, Youngsan University; Ji Young Kim, Daewoo Institute of Construction Technology; and In Hwan Hwang, Hanyang University
It is important to accurately predict structural responses to external excitations such as typhoons and earthquakes when designing structures for serviceability. One of the key...
01 June 2015
Urban Density and the Porous High-Rise: The Integration of the Tall Building in the City
James von Klemperer, Kohn Pedersen Fox
As the skyscraper matures as a building type, its role in actively connecting to, and reinforcing, major threads of urban fabric becomes increasingly more important....
31 December 2014
Interactive Study on Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in...
06 November 2014
The Competition for the Tallest Skyscraper - Implications for Global Ethics and Economics
Christopher Michaelson, University of St. Thomas
An iconic skyscraper has aesthetic significance that may have meaning for other aspects of human experience – serving, for example, as an expression of cultural...
16 September 2014
Optimizing the Structural Design of the 151 Story Incheon Tower
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, MoonSook Jeong, Soogon Lee & Sangki Jang, Samsung C&T
The 151 story super high-rise building located in an area of reclaimed land constructed over soft marine clay in Songdo, Korea. The focus of this...
16 September 2014
Structure Engineering of W-Project in Busan Yonghoman
Jong Soo Kim, Hyun Hee Ryu, Duck Won Cho & Eun Gyu Choi, C.S. Structural Engineering (CSSE)
W-Project is 70-story mixed-use residential building complex project in Busan, South Korea. As it is a high-rise building complex located at the coast, the residents...
16 September 2014
Urban Density and the Porous High-Rise: The Integration of the Tall Building in the City
James von Klemperer, Kohn Pedersen Fox
As the skyscraper matures as a building type, its role in actively connecting to, and reinforcing, major threads of urban fabric becomes increasingly more important....
01 September 2014
Challenges in Structural Design of W-Project
Jong Soo Kim, CS Structural Engineering
W-Project is 70-story mixed-use residential building complex project in Busan, the second biggest city in South Korea. There were many difficult challenges to be solved...
11 June 2014
Highest Helipads
CTBUH Research
In this installment of Tall Buildings in Numbers, CTBUH considers how helipads are used on skyscrapers, and which are the highest in the world. The...
01 June 2014
Standing Out by Blending in: Tower Infinity
Charles Wee, GDS Architects
In September 2013, GDS Architects received planning approval for the 450-meter, US$400 million Tower Infinity in Cheongna, South Korea, between Incheon International Airport and Seoul....
31 December 2012
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2012
Kevin Brass, Antony Wood & Marty Carver, CTBUH
For the first time in six years the number of tall buildings completed annually around the world declined as the effects of the global financial...
01 December 2012
One of the Architecture World’s Fast Rising Stars has BIG Plans for Designing Tall Buildings
Bjarke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group
OMA alumnus Bjarke Ingels has made a name for his Bjarke Ingels Group with innovative, paradigm-busting projects that blend nature and functionality with new twists...
01 December 2012
Potential Development in South Korea’s Tall Building Technology
Payam Bahrami, CTBUH; David Scott, Laing O’Rourke; Eun-Ho Oh & Young-Ho Lee, Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT)
This paper evolved from an initiative launched in 2010 to investigate the status of fundamental technologies necessary for the construction of supertall buildings in South...
19 September 2012
Biomimicry Inspired Design for Nine Towers at Central Park in New Songdo City
Kenneth Drucker, HOK New York
The 9 45-60 story towers designed by HOK in New Songdo City along the edge of the new Central Park highlight the integration of high...
01 September 2012
State of Practice of Performance-Based Seismic Design in Korea
Dong-Hun Lee, Taejin Kim, Jong-Ho Kim, & Dae-Eon Kang, Chang Minwoo Structural Consultants
Today, a great effort to develop PBSD procedure to be utilized in Korea is given by domestic structural engineers, academics, and governmental organizations. After Great...
18 January 2012
The Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall
Nathaniel Hollister & Antony Wood, CTBUH
Within this decade we will likely witness not only the world’s first kilometer-tall building, but also the completion of a significant number of buildings over...
31 December 2011
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2011
Nathaniel Hollister & Antony Wood, CTBUH
The annual story is becoming a familiar one: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and now 2011 have each sequentially broke the record for the most 200...
16 November 2011
Country Report: South Korea
JuHwan Cho, SIAPLAN; Kwang Ryang Chung, DongYang Structural Engineers
Tall buildings, especially very tall or iconic ones, often tell a story which is bigger than just the need for space or the want for...
01 November 2011
Case Study: Haeundae I'Park, Busan
Carla Swickerath, Studiop Daniel Libeskind; Peter Tillson, Arup
The I'Park development creates a new, forward-looking image for the Hyundai Development Company and a new vision for residential living in Busan. In South Korea,...
01 November 2011
South Korea: Past, Present and Future
CTBUH Research
As of the year 2000, there were only 9 buildings 150 meters or taller in all of South Korea. Just twelve years later, there are...
11 October 2011
Debating Tall: Are Supertalls Sustainable?
Young Kyu Ju, Korea University; ; Jae-Weon Jeong, Sejong University
Whether tall buildings are a truly sustainable building type has been, and still is, a debatable topic. As sustainability becomes an increasing global issue, this...
10 October 2011
Foundation Design and Pile Testing Program for the 151 Story Incheon Tower in a Reclamation Area
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Samsung C&T; Harry G. Poulos & Frances Badelow, Coffey Geotechnics; Sung Ho-Kim, Jinyoung ENC Enterprise
The 151 storey super high-rise building is located in an area or reclaimed land constructed over soft marine clay in Songdo, Korea and is currently...
10 October 2011
Journals and Patents for Measuring the Development of Technologies in the Area of Supertall Building
Giu Lee, Kyong-Ho Chin, Young-Ho Lee, et al., Korea Institute of Construction Technology
This paper aims to provide quantitative and qualitative data for assessing the level of technologies in the area of super tall buildings in Korea. Thus,...
10 October 2011
Survey Research of Measuring the Perceptional Level of Core Technologies in the Area of Supertall Buildings in Korea
Eun-Ho Oh, Young-Ho Lee, Kyong-Ho Chin, et al. Korea Institute of Contruction Technology
Global demands for supertall buildings are rising rapidly worldwide in the wake of urbanization, advances in structural design and facility system technology and popularity of...
13 April 2011
Tall and Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings
CTBUH Research
Tall buildings are spreading across the globe at an ever-increasing rate. This study demonstrates the relationship between population and tall buildings across those countries and...
31 December 2010
Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010
CTBUH Research
In a year dominated by news coverage of the new “World’s Tallest Building” – Burj Khalifa, Dubai – one may be surprised to learn that,...
07 June 2010
Interview: Winy Maas, MVRDV
Winy Maas, MVRDV
The urban future of Chinese cities could take the shape of supersized parabolic structures in and around current cities. Imagine a range of various green...
03 March 2008
Challenging Preconceptions of the High-Rise Typology
Rem Koolhaas, OMA
The skyscraper was born over 100 years ago, when the elevator made it possible to have access to previously unimaginable levels of a building. This...
03 March 2008
Evaluations of the dynamic properties for a residential tall building in Korea
Ji Young Kim & Dae Young Kim, Daewoo E&C; Sang Dae Kim, Korea University
The construction of tall buildings can be regarded as one of the most complex and expensive projects. It thus seems important to design the structure...
03 March 2008
New Songdo City – The Making of a New Green City
Christine Todd Whitman, Whitman Strategy Group; Charles Reid, Gale International World Headquarters; James Von Klemperer, KPF; Josh Radoff & Anthony Roy, YRG Sustainability
This paper outlines the process for approaching sustainable development and explores the opportunities and challenges that exist throughout the development process, from planning and design,...
03 March 2008
Structural System of North-East Asia Trade Tower in Korea
Kwang Chung & Do Hyun Kim, Dong Yang Structural Engineers; David Scott, Ove Arup
NEATT is a unique, tapered structure of 68 stories high (305 m) which can be characterized by its highly irregular shape and two outrigger floors....
03 March 2008
Sustainable Design in South Korea and Vietnam
Matthias A. Olt & James P. Rothwell, Callison Architecture
In an age when high-rise design is driven by grandeur aspirations of tallest and biggest, 2 high-rise towers in South Korea and Vietnam provide examples...
16 October 2005
Urban Development in Asia
Stephan S. Huh, Parker Durrant International
Busan is the second largest city in Korea, in constant competition against Seoul for the title of largest. Some of its efforts to rejuvenate part...
10 October 2004
A Study on the Effective Lateral Drift Control of Supertall Buildings In Korea
Young-Hak Kim, Soon-Jeon Park & Joo-Hwan Ko, Lotte Engineering & Construction Co.; et al.
The purpose of this study is to determine the special feature through the value of displacement contribution factor calculated by using the principle of virtual...
10 October 2004
A Study on the Satisfaction with Work Space in High-rise Office Building
Si-Hwa Bae, Kyungwon College; Sung-Moon Jung, Samoo Architects & Engineers
This study aims at finding the direction for improving the office space through the research on the working features and satisfaction of the workers by...
10 October 2004
An Experimental Investigation of Environmental Noise for High-rise Apartment in Urban Areas
Ho Chun Yoo, University of Ulsan; Sang Woo Lee, Kyonggi University; Soo Yeul Lee, E&S Architecture & Engineering; Dong Woo Kim, Suwon Science College
This study investigated the characteristics and sources of the road traffic noise at each given time depending on the amount of the road traffic transportation.
10 October 2004
Analysis of POE of Living Environment in Super-Multistory Houses (Focused on Tower Palace I Project, Seoul)
Ju-Hwan Cho, SIA PLAN Architects
It was intended in this study to deduct the elements that may be applied in planning in future through assessment of post occupancy evaluation of...
10 October 2004
Characteristic and Evaluation of Floor Impact Sound for High-rise Apartment Buildings
Sang-Gon Cha & Sang-Woo Lee, Kyonggi University; Gab-Chul Jeong, Daewoo Institute of Construction Technology
In this study, the floor impact sound are measured and analyzed for high-rise apartment buildings to investigate the insulation performance of floor impact sound with...
10 October 2004
Column Shortening of Concrete Cores and Composite Columns in a Tall Building
Han-Soo Kim & Suk-Hee Cho, Hyundai Institute of Construction Technology Development
The effect of column shortening is a major consideration in the design and construction of tall buildings, especially in concrete and composite structural systems. The...
10 October 2004
District Unit Plan in Seoul as a New Approach for Urban Form and Density Control
Byong Gyu Park, Seoul National University of Technology
Korea economy has been experienced rapid industrialization since 1960s. Rapid industrialization accelerated the high utilization of land and concentration of population to urban area. According...
10 October 2004
Dynamic Properties of Tall Buildings in Korea
Sung-Won Yoon, Seoul National University of Technology; Young-Kyu Ju, University of Texas at Austin
This paper is concerned with the natural frequency and damping ratios of steel and reinforced concrete buildings. It describes the vibration measurement methods employed for...
10 October 2004
Effects of Neighboring Building on Wind Loads
Kangpyo Cho & Sungil Hong, Wonkwang University; Kyu-Seok Hwang, Hyundai Institute of Construction Technology
The evaluation of wind loads on buildings in Korea is carried out mainly by using Korean Standard Design Loads for Buildings, whose specifications are generally...
10 October 2004
Flexural Capacity of the Encased(Slim Floor) Composite Beam with Deep Deck Plate
Myong-Keun Kwak, Byung-Wook Heo & Kyu-Woong Bae, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, et al.
The advantages of composite construction include an improved structural economy, good performance in service, and ease of construction. However, due to the large depth, these...
10 October 2004
High Flown Architecture and Ascendancy of the Building
Alfred B. Hwangbo, Seoul National University of Technology
This paper intends to assert, from particular frame of reference in architectural history and theory, that more careful building strategies are needed for a better...
10 October 2004
Influence of Architectural Elements on Stack Effect Problems in Tall Residential Building
Hoi-Soo Seo, POSCO E & C Company; Sung-Han Koo, Jae-Hun Jo, et al., Seoul National University
Many studies have been done on the problems caused by the stack effect in office buildings, and several solutions have been proposed. This paper presents...
10 October 2004
Integration of Design and Construction of the Tallest Building in Korea
Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Samsung C&T; William F. Baker, SOM; Kwang R. Chung, Dong Yang Structural Engineers
Tower Palace III was conceived as a 93-story residential tower soaring 320 meters into Seoul’s skyline. However, concerns of the local residents and authorities over...
10 October 2004
Introduction to Korea Building Code(Draft)
Bong-Soo Jeon, Jeon and Associates
The draft of the Korean Building Code (KBC) is briefly described in this document to enable the reader to study the systems of building codes...
10 October 2004
Managing Mixed-use Housings within Urban Design District in Seoul
Heeji Lim, Seoul Development Institute
This study examines why high-rise mixed-use housings have been developed excessively in the urban design districts and proposes ways to control the excessive development and...
10 October 2004
Optimal Combination between Concrete Strength and Sets of Forms in High-rise Building
Sung-Hoon An, Kyung-In Kang & Gwang-Hee Kim, Korea University; U-Yeol Park, Young-San University
This study presented an optimal combination between concrete strength and slab form sets to reduce the cycle time of the structural framework, to minimize overall...
10 October 2004
Public Space Planning of Mixed-use High-rise Buildings - Focusing on the Use and Impact of Deck Structure in an Urban Development in Seoul
Eun-Ju Park & Jae-Hyun Shim, Sejong University; Seung Park, Samoo
The purpose of this study is to analyze the planning and the design of public space at the street level of Mixed-use tall buildings currently...
10 October 2004
Reform Measures of Korea’s High-rise Buildings Construction Period
Ki-In Kim, HanmiParsons
The construction of high-rise buildings in Korea started in the early 1980s. However, considering the fact that the buildings practically appeared in the late 1990s...
10 October 2004
Restoring Urban Sensibility: Returning Soul to Seoul
Charles I Wee, Michael S. Collins & Scott M. Callihan, GDS Architects
This paper will serve as a critique of certain “lost opportunities” encountered in the recent context of Korean development that resulted in the rapid emergence...
10 October 2004
Structural Design and Analysis of Trump-world Marine
Jong Soo Kim, Chang Hoon Shin & Dong Hwan Kim, CS Structural Engineering; Young Seok Lee, Daewoo E&C
This paper introduces the structural design and analysis of the Trump-World Marine. As a residential development, this building is located at Haewoondae, Busan, Korea. It...
10 October 2004
Structural Design and Construction of Hyundai-Hyperion Project, Seoul, Korea
Kwang-Ryang Chung, Dong Yang Structural Engineers; In-Ki Kim, HYCA Architects & Engineers; Myeong-Han Kim, Kyungwoon University
In this paper, Hyundai-Hyperion Project, which would be one of the tallest buildings in Korea, has been introduced. Key points in the structural design process...
10 October 2004
The Dongbu Securities Headquarters Building
Joong C. Lee & Gregory Freeman, Weidlinger Associates
The Dongbu Securities Headquarters Building in Daichi-Dong, Seoul is a dynamic interplay of interlocked, canted forms that fold into each other in a response to...
10 October 2004
The Evaluation of Performance for the Application of a Heat Recovery Ventilator to High-rise Apartments
Sang-Min Kim, Hyundai Institute of Construction Technology; Heung-Don Ham, Daewon Science College; Jang-Yeul Sohn, Hanyang University
In this study, the optimum schedule for operating an HRV system that would save the most energy and sustain a reasonable rate of air exchange...
10 October 2004
The Influence of Urban Housing Forms on Medical Pathology
Hong Kyu Kim, Eun Jin Lee & Kum Sook Cho, Yonsei University
This study examines the different effects of single-family and multi-family houses on the health of its resident children. In addition, diseases related to the floor...
10 October 2004
The Role of the Skyscraper in Shaping the Korean Central Business District
Jeasun Lee
When one thinks of an city, perhaps the first image that comes to mind is the skyline. While important cities have always had symbolic skylines...
10 October 2004
The Roles of Construction Management in Super High-Rise Building Projects
O-Kyung Kwon & Jong-Hoon Kim, Hanmiparsons
Even though super high-rise building projects have been undertaken in Korea, there is a relatively small number of studies carried out on the projects. This...
20 October 2003
Structural Design and Analysis of Galleria Place
Jong Soo Kim, Song Mun Yoo & Dong Whan Kim, C S Structural Engineering
This paper presents the structural design and analysis of the Galleria Palace. As a residential development, this building is located at Jamsil district, Seoul, Korea....
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