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Pocheon memorial hall wins Gyeonggi architecture award
Gwangneung The Crest, a memorial hall in Pocheon, South Korea, won a Gyeonggi Architecture Award.
The award was given at the 31st annual competition, which recognizes buildings in the province for quality, fit with their surroundings and cultural value.
The hall combines memorial facilities with gardens, places to rest and spaces displaying artworks.
Its operators said this mix of remembrance and cultural activity was recognized by the judges.
The four-storey building opened in January last year and was designed by architectural firm Dareun and built by Arisu Engineering.
It also won an interior design award at Germany’s iF Design Awards earlier this year.
The award adds to recognition for the hall’s design, which brings together a place of remembrance and public cultural spaces.
Pocheon’s Gwangneung The Crest memorial hall won an award at the 31st Gyeonggi Architecture Culture Awards.
It received the LH Gyeonggi Northern Regional Headquarters Director’s Award.
The award ceremony took place on October 24 at the Gyeonggi Architecture Culture Festival in Paju.
The foundation said the hall was recognized for combining memorial and cultural functions.
The four-story building opened in January 2025 and was also honored in an iF Design Award category earlier this year.
- Who
- Gwangneung The Crest, a memorial hall at Gwangneung Memorial Park in Pocheon.
- What
- It won the LH Gyeonggi Northern Regional Headquarters Director’s Award at the 31st Gyeonggi Architecture Culture Awards.
- When
- The award ceremony was held on October 24. The foundation announced the award on October 29.
- Where
- The memorial hall is in Pocheon, South Korea. The ceremony was held at Jihye Forest in Paju.
- Why
- The foundation said its combination of memorial facilities, landscaped and resting areas, and spaces displaying artists’ works was recognized.
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Gwangneung The Crest opened.
The hall won an iF Design Award in the interior design category.
The hall received its award at the Gyeonggi Architecture Culture Festival in Paju.
The foundation announced the award.
- Award
- LH Gyeonggi Northern Regional Headquarters Director’s Award
- Awards event
- 31st Gyeonggi Architecture Culture Awards
- Ceremony venue
- Jihye Forest, Paju
- Building
- Four stories
- Opening
- January 2025