Winner declared in public bid for design of new presidential office in Sejong

Authorities on Wednesday declared the winner of a public bid for the design of a new presidential office to be built in the central administrative city of Sejong.

A consortium led by HAEAHN Architecture Inc. secured the bid with a design proposal that will adopt chae and madang, or the rooms and open yards of traditional Korean houses, to give traditional Korean scenery, according to the National Administrative City Construction Agency (NACCA).

The design earned praise for aligning its spatial l ...