Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1unrLUilAo3w1jb2qvGBf2nmdRA76_-LBKr3m3g44v173_-ZmJEo9atVX5lW1j2mPDw3c86Vejj7fNL5X09Tk59nfuTgOhD16v3ePAxJvKC7nE1rQN3UbAMaOLxRYnIH6ehSQCTIIJQs/s1600/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of Dancing Towers on the plot" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1unrLUilAo3w1jb2qvGBf2nmdRA76_-LBKr3m3g44v173_-ZmJEo9atVX5lW1j2mPDw3c86Vejj7fNL5X09Tk59nfuTgOhD16v3ePAxJvKC7nE1rQN3UbAMaOLxRYnIH6ehSQCTIIJQs/s640/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_01.jpg" title="Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge<br />Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">© </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crystal </span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Studio Daniel Libeskind designed three new skyscrapers for new Yongsan International Business District YIBD development in Seoul, South Korea. The skyscrapers called Dancing Towers, because of their dynamic design, will house residences, retail and commercial spaces.<br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br />"Dancing Towers, a project that is part of the new Yongsan International Business District YIBD development in Seoul, is a mixed used development that consists of three 41 story residential towers,( a total of 834 total residential units) with amenities, retail, parking and a connecting commercial podium base.<br /><br />The design for the Dancing Towers is inspired by the traditional Korean Buddhist Dance known as Seung-Moo. The subtle rotation of the towers creates the illusion they are dancing, as inspired by the long sleeves of the Seung-Moo dancer’s traditional costumes, gracefully propelled by the dancer’s movements. The towers are engineered with a unique structure of a central concrete core and alternating cantilevered fin walls to support the floors that create column free buildings that allow the forms to ‘dance’ and twist while opening up panoramic views from the apartment interiors.<br /><br />While creating an interrelated composition, the location of the three towers in the site and each tower’s rotations are oriented to create maximum light and views toward the water, the YIBD project, the city of Seoul and the mountains beyond for the residents."<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">          -Studio Daniel Libeskind  </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br />Read more about <a href="http://architecturaldrawing.blogspot.com/search/label/Yongsan%20International%20Business%20District">Yongsan International Business District</a>, <a href="http://architecturaldrawing.blogspot.com/2012/06/triple-one-landmark-tower-by-renzo.html">Triple One Landmark Tower</a> and <a href="http://architecturaldrawing.blogspot.com/2012/07/dancing-dragons-by-adrian-smith-gordon.html">Dancing Dragons Towers</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYIkQ3QQqXXCofVNUn0sxciQR9e252umPMzxlycT4ane3NpiOPFistzF4PZzp8ODGZFuTzvOY4s47zeyj45LVZzmAeaEaA8rPYeGJWWOqMlbNofxZf-zj2pNd2pBEWk2VU3twvAB8G18/s1600/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of Dancing Towers position on the site" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYIkQ3QQqXXCofVNUn0sxciQR9e252umPMzxlycT4ane3NpiOPFistzF4PZzp8ODGZFuTzvOY4s47zeyj45LVZzmAeaEaA8rPYeGJWWOqMlbNofxZf-zj2pNd2pBEWk2VU3twvAB8G18/s640/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_02.jpg" title="Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge<br />Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">© </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SDL</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nH0ES_IlKQOI4xRtZ3bfYDFDghFwrCpnl2pOFj3HsK2vGQ1pXaUxJrqBodb8wz0dk7Nekw0a3nWO7Y7qg5G6PWrqejvfwrDkaoyE7zv6CteXd9CYRFJ-o5lugjiIoodT0inTK55z8oE/s1600/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of Dancing Towers as seen from the street" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nH0ES_IlKQOI4xRtZ3bfYDFDghFwrCpnl2pOFj3HsK2vGQ1pXaUxJrqBodb8wz0dk7Nekw0a3nWO7Y7qg5G6PWrqejvfwrDkaoyE7zv6CteXd9CYRFJ-o5lugjiIoodT0inTK55z8oE/s640/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_03.jpg" title="Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea" width="566" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge<br />Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">© </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crystal </span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkc9vNLMBl9zpbaBVvpZJQXGYunCIuPjMNn-kMhLiLsxCqeqzJ-nyri9-YNKiP79ACuqL4Vt9-CRZWi4c1UQroHrDJqjm2o1Ne4PBblwR6SKQQvE139TP7DYR97htVj1ywIB-Jha7gfI/s1600/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of Dancing Towers as seen from the street at sunset" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkc9vNLMBl9zpbaBVvpZJQXGYunCIuPjMNn-kMhLiLsxCqeqzJ-nyri9-YNKiP79ACuqL4Vt9-CRZWi4c1UQroHrDJqjm2o1Ne4PBblwR6SKQQvE139TP7DYR97htVj1ywIB-Jha7gfI/s640/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_04.jpg" title="Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge<br />Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">© </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crystal </span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8R1L-LvwfNTnKOGVOEg3aW-4dF26sb8zwNfm9Y3vZEXxZepWQugqW8QOBZHyvDw3ZPbQmUx0x-07piH-NFs-1VR5AKfdb9FVZqhVKYxdPpjygV0VWVxMaZu0SjA_TfR9lEEgd_Rceq4/s1600/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of Dancing Towers as seen from the street with vegetation and landscape" border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8R1L-LvwfNTnKOGVOEg3aW-4dF26sb8zwNfm9Y3vZEXxZepWQugqW8QOBZHyvDw3ZPbQmUx0x-07piH-NFs-1VR5AKfdb9FVZqhVKYxdPpjygV0VWVxMaZu0SjA_TfR9lEEgd_Rceq4/s640/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_05.jpg" title="Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge<br />Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">© </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crystal </span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtssfZIo48exC7i53_LOxWdk9Hek1PeDlny-uxG21GglP38N4llcmqcibWxDnDtspXZG5uxTT9JVauN6hDFNX1pi2QnsfC2-nIVzo3S6UNwPXNBMBMbFEkOomZMqSXdMbOUIhy5vwB38/s1600/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of retail part at Dancing Towers as seen from the street" border="0" height="614" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtssfZIo48exC7i53_LOxWdk9Hek1PeDlny-uxG21GglP38N4llcmqcibWxDnDtspXZG5uxTT9JVauN6hDFNX1pi2QnsfC2-nIVzo3S6UNwPXNBMBMbFEkOomZMqSXdMbOUIhy5vwB38/s640/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_06.jpg" title="Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge<br />Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">© </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crystal </span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oV1HKP-xSOiZgt-THDCStZobJ9tTkiQ6ECwyU_uVAK5zmhfiNPusS4Jk9qlncKyYdvrzfe5XkxPBZnqsmMRCDZx9JshLjHdAajeNomQIhdqMSiHQeTAY3i4UOcFmE1PJfS2ghlyxYXI/s1600/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of retail part of the complex at Dancing Towers" border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oV1HKP-xSOiZgt-THDCStZobJ9tTkiQ6ECwyU_uVAK5zmhfiNPusS4Jk9qlncKyYdvrzfe5XkxPBZnqsmMRCDZx9JshLjHdAajeNomQIhdqMSiHQeTAY3i4UOcFmE1PJfS2ghlyxYXI/s640/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_07.jpg" title="Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge<br />Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">© </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crystal </span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6NKDGy9iU4wQMf55lAgW26Ag1c_1MmFsz3N0b3pHIKn9ysn3sd78D-UT6jm0zwPtzXwnT2dhCdHrogCIezynZGDam_SiGOmzJNmi9ZL7SJhXIMBptv_LvGSgqwY27wyvwuUVcLU5nmA/s1600/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of Dancing Towers complex as seen from the air" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6NKDGy9iU4wQMf55lAgW26Ag1c_1MmFsz3N0b3pHIKn9ysn3sd78D-UT6jm0zwPtzXwnT2dhCdHrogCIezynZGDam_SiGOmzJNmi9ZL7SJhXIMBptv_LvGSgqwY27wyvwuUVcLU5nmA/s640/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_08.jpg" title="Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge<br />Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">© </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crystal </span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMuQZgzy5bKILiBXG68FGpet68s_LiHhSNDVC79JpvkvqodHmvjSaIxoS5qrc6hAnqRxfMbyn1y175wA9BLh2adxDjCHrx5EfP1lqknpOXl2rj3nP-9G6oSbQcwuKQVF3cz1ZBRA4H2A/s1600/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Picture of Dancing Towers base as seen from the street" border="0" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMuQZgzy5bKILiBXG68FGpet68s_LiHhSNDVC79JpvkvqodHmvjSaIxoS5qrc6hAnqRxfMbyn1y175wA9BLh2adxDjCHrx5EfP1lqknpOXl2rj3nP-9G6oSbQcwuKQVF3cz1ZBRA4H2A/s640/Dancing_Towers_by_Studio_Daniel_Libeskind_for_Yongsan_International_Business_District_YIBD_development+_in_Seoul_South_Korea_worldofarchi_09.jpg" title="Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Click to enlarge<br />Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">© </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Crystal </span></span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind, Seoul, South Korea

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Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0av8CP49aTicnRYWd1fonwTtqpoyPHuaiTkZACZTw8Z3_fuZZjJyAtKzU0wNgoWN0VYEjCTK-rxv7JNbcqkPA7Zy9_sJ4mltVCLHqKElqvkCVKyWpkiz8RxeQYv70-5462b-VHVFNUOI/s1600/Dancing_Dragons_by_Adrian_Smith_and_Gordon_Gill_Architecture_worldofarchi_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rendering of proposed Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture as seen from the air with streets behind them" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0av8CP49aTicnRYWd1fonwTtqpoyPHuaiTkZACZTw8Z3_fuZZjJyAtKzU0wNgoWN0VYEjCTK-rxv7JNbcqkPA7Zy9_sJ4mltVCLHqKElqvkCVKyWpkiz8RxeQYv70-5462b-VHVFNUOI/s1600/Dancing_Dragons_by_Adrian_Smith_and_Gordon_Gill_Architecture_worldofarchi_01.jpg" title="Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">© </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white;">We've been already posting about new Yongsan International Business District proposed for capital of South Korea, Seoul which is getting ready to get new impressive business district full of amazing towers designed by world's most famous architects and architecture firms. This time, you will read about Dancing Dragons Towers designed by <a href="http://smithgill.com/" target="_blank">Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture</a>.</span><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><br />The tallest skyscraper in new 3.4 million square m development will be <a href="http://architecturaldrawing.blogspot.com/2012/06/triple-one-landmark-tower-by-renzo.html" target="_blank">Triple One Landmark Tower by Renzo Piano</a>. AS+GG's Dancing Dragins will be one of the tallest towers in district. Tower 1 is set to grow to 450m (1,476ft) with 88 floors while tower 2 will be 390m (1,279ft) with 77 floors.<br /><br />"Dancing Dragons is a pair of landmark supertall mixed-use towers for the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, Korea. The buildings, which include residential, “officetel” and retail elements, consist of slender, sharply angled mini-towers cantilevered around a central core.  The design aesthetic is highly contemporary yet informed by aspects of traditional Korean culture.<br /><br /><br />The mini-towers feature a dramatic series of diagonal massing cuts that create living spaces that float beyond the structure. This recalls the eaves of traditional Korean pagodas—a design theme echoed both in the geometry of the building skin and the jutting canopies at the towers’ base. The theme is extended in the building skin, which suggests the scales of fish and Korean mythical creatures such as dragons, which seem to dance around the core—hence the project’s name. (Yongsan, the name of the overall development, means “Dragon Hill” in Korean.)<br /><br />Dancing Dragons’ scale-like skin is also a performative element. Gaps between its overlapping panels feature operable 600-mm vents through which air can circulate, making the skin “breathable” like that of certain animals.<br /><br />Towers 1 and 2—about 450 meters and 390 meters tall, respectively—share an architectural language and, therefore, a close family resemblance, but are not identical. In the taller structure, the 88-level Tower 1, the massing cuts at the top and bottom of the mini-towers are V-shaped. In the 77-level Tower 2, the cuts move diagonally in a single unbroken line; they are also arranged in a radial pattern around the core that is perceptible as viewers move around the tower.<br /><br />In both buildings, the mini-tower cuts are clad in glass at the top and bottom, making for dramatic skylights above the units at the highest levels and a transparent floor beneath the units at the lowest levels. This offers the opportunity for special high-value penthouse duplex units with spectacular 360-degree views of downtown Seoul and the adjacent Han River, along with an abundance of natural light.<br /><br />The design of the 23,000-square-meter site—part of the larger Yongsan master plan —reinforces the angular geometry of the building massing and skin.  Landscape features include sloped berms that echo that geometry. The site also includes a retail podium with a crystalline sculptural form and sunken garden that provide access to a large below-grade retail complex."<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">          -Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture    </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzQltETH7PSMoRUtYlRDtbPSArPEsGY-2KqhWdqjzMqVZNhXay4G_PfvtDsAaMQK2NYrj5hDU6kjAT89Wk6vokqmG7PL-86b1LcLPijxOPD9h1AS2oAOzI7HVbN5vRo7cTmF0wcozbOY/s1600/Dancing_Dragons_by_Adrian_Smith_and_Gordon_Gill_Architecture_worldofarchi_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rendering of Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture with rest of the buildings in the background" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSzQltETH7PSMoRUtYlRDtbPSArPEsGY-2KqhWdqjzMqVZNhXay4G_PfvtDsAaMQK2NYrj5hDU6kjAT89Wk6vokqmG7PL-86b1LcLPijxOPD9h1AS2oAOzI7HVbN5vRo7cTmF0wcozbOY/s1600/Dancing_Dragons_by_Adrian_Smith_and_Gordon_Gill_Architecture_worldofarchi_02.jpg" title="Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; 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Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

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