Mass Studies wins the competition to build the Korea Pavilion for the World Expo in Shanghai 2010!

The project has been updated on the website. Check it out!

New article has been uploaded:

Architecture Overview: Seoul
illustrated by Chris Dent
written by Ellie Stathaki
published in Wallpaper*, March 2009


[English / PDF 0.2 MB]

New text has been uploaded:

Tall Buildings: Variations on a Theme
by Joseph Grima
published in ARBITARE, Februrary 2009


[English / PDF 1.1 MB]

Air Forest is featured in the new Spacecraft 2, by Lukas Feireiss, released in February 2009.

Mass Studies' Xi Gallery and Ann Demeulemeester Shop on exhibition at the Contemporary Space Athens, from February 19-April 19, 2009, as a winner of the International Architecture Awards® 2008.

"The World's Most Important New Contemporary Architecture from Thirty-eight Nations Opens at Contemporary Space Athens."

Contemporary Space Athens is "a bold, new experimental platform organized by The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design to bring state-of-the-art architecture, design, and art to a European public audience through exhibitions, lectures, symposia, award programs, and events."

"New World Architecture," which continues through April 19, features 114 new distinguished buildings and urban schemes selected in last year’s prestigious International Architecture Awards® program for 2008. The International Architecture Awards is the only global Awards Program in architecture of its kind, which was conceived and presented by The Chicago Athenaeum and in partnership with The European Center to give an important overview of current design and architecture on a world scale."

CONTEMPORARY SPACE ATHENS
46-48 Megalou Vassiliou
GR-118 54 Rouf Athens
Greece
TEL +30/210 342 8511
FAX +30/210 342 8512
Hours of Operation
Wednesday-Friday 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Saturday-Sunday 12:00 Noon to 8:00 PM
Closed Monday and Tuesday

http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/intarch/index.html
http://www.europeanarch.eu/

Minsuk Cho, the principal architect, gives a lecture at Claremont McKenna College.

Wednesday, February 11th (2009) 18:45
@ Claremont McKenna College, Athenaeum
500 E. 9th Street

Mass Studies' Boutique Monaco (Missing Matrix Building) was just announced the Silver Award winner of the Emporis Skyscraper Award 2008 (Frankfurt, Germany).

Gold Award: Tange Associates, Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (Tokyo, Japan)
Silver Award: Mass Studies, Boutique Monaco (Seoul, Korea)
Bronze Award: KPF, Shanghai World Financial Center (Shanghai, China)

Top 10 Skyscrapers of 2008
1. Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo, Japan (77 points)
2. Boutique Monaco, Seoul, South Korea (41 points)
3. Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China (29 points)
4. Torre Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain (24 points)
5. Bahrain World Trade Center, Manama, Bahrain (21 points)
6. The Broadgate Tower, London, U.K. (21 points)
7. Tornado Tower, Doha, Qatar (17 points)
8. Grand Lisboa, Macao, China (12 points)
9. Pangu Plaza Office Building, Beijing, China (10 points)
10. 600 North Fairbanks, Chicago, U.S. (8 points)

New text has been uploaded:

From Hab to Habitat
by Andreas and Ilka Ruby
published in DAMn°, January 2009


[English / PDF 2.1 MB]

New articles have been uploaded:

"XI Gallery"
published in Shanghai DI magazine, October 2008

[Chinese / PDF 2.9 MB]



"Boutique Monaco: Missing Matrix"
published in Shanghai DI magazine, January 2009

[Chinese / PDF 0.7 MB]

When applying an intership or position at Mass Studies:

Please send your resume and portfolio to office@masstudies.com.

1. We prefer a pdf file of your work sample and resume.

2. Please write your name in the subject line of the e-mail.

3. Please DO NOT visit the office in person.

4. We do not return hard copy portfolios.

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Job Opportunities / Internship


When applying an internship or position at Mass Studies:

Please send your resume and portfolio to office@massstudies.com.

1. We prefer a pdf file of your work sample and resume.

2. Please write your name in the subject line of the e-mail.

3. Please DO NOT visit the office in person.

4. We do not return hard copy portfolios.

(If attaching to email, please keep the file size under 10MB).

Mass Studies wins the competition for the Korean Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010!


More information will be updated soon.

Along the main theme of Promotion and Architecture, four architecture firms (BIG, Inaba, MAD, Mass Studies) proposed to stimulate the lobby of the Gyeonggido Museum of Modern Art with furniture that investigates a possible future master plan of Ansan City. As an architectural exercise of scales, the master plan activates the long and narrow lobby space with a model of Ansan City and its future structures. The 'model' can also be used as furniture by visitors, in an exploration almost Hollywood-esque in its multi-venue adventures and synergistic qualities.

The exhibition will be held 18 Dec. 2008 ~ 15 Feb. 2009.

Two new interviews/texts have been uploaded:

The Kimchi Principle
by Sandra Danicke
published in Die Zeit , December 2008

[Korean & English]



Measured For the Masses
interview with Michael Neser / Geunhye Yook
published in Outlook , October 2008

[English / PDF 0.8 MB]

Handsome Hotel is on display as part of "Turisme. Espais de Ficció" (Tourism. Spaces of Fiction) exhibition at the Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHuB).

"“Tourism. Spaces of fiction” is a reflection on tourism as a generator of make-believe and experiences, an industry capable of meeting, replicating and stimulating all our desires." -DHuB

Exibition dates are: Dec. 03, 2008 to May 24, 2009
@ the Palau del Marquès de Llió in Barcelona, Spain.