Seoul has become a futuristic hotbed of architecture the past decade, and the city’s transformation will continue with the Cross # Towers in the Yongsan International Business District nestled along the city’s Han Riverfront.

Part of the Yongsan Master Plan, the project, a collaboration between Studio Liebeskind and BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) for the Korean development group DreamHub, the showpiece will be two towers 669 and 704 feet tall. The towers in turn will be connected by massive bridges 230 and 460 feet above ground--hence the “#” in the project’s name. Rooftop gardens will allow for recreational activities and allow spaces reminiscent of Korea’s traditional courtyards of times that have long passed.

Just one more reason why Korea is becoming THE center for everything from architecture to fashion to technology and yes, sustainability. There are fewer places more dynamic than this little peninsula wedged between Japan and China.

Enjoy the artists' renderings, courtesy BIG.

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Cross Towers, an aerial view

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Cross Towers in winter

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Cross Towers in summer

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Cross Towers in fall

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Cross Towers maximize space with horizontal and vertical construction

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Cross Towers will transform the Han River's landscape

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Leon Kaye

Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division, GGP Media. Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event. His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He writes for San Francisco-based Triple Pundit, Inhabitat and now The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's Architect Magazine. Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.