네임리스 건축은 서울에 기반을 둔 아이디어 기반의 설계사무소이다. 2010년 뉴욕에서 네임리스 건축 NAMELESS Architecture을 개소한 후 서울로 사무실을 확장하였으며, 예측불허한 세상 속에 단순함의 구축을 통해 이 시대의 건축과 도시 그리고 문화적 사회현상을 탐구하고 있다.
일상에서의 근본적인 아이디어를 통해 주거시설, 문화시설, 교육시설, 업무시설, 종교 시설 등 사람들이 점유하고 살아가는 모두를 위한 단단한 건축 유형을 만드는 동시에 공공예술과 파빌리온 등 문화예술영역과의 협력을 통해 건축의 유동성을 실험하고 있다. 뉴욕현대미술관, 뉴욕건축센터, 파슨스 더 뉴스쿨, 국립현대미술관, 서울시립미술관,국립중앙박물관 등에서 건축작업을 선보였으며, 미국건축가협회 뉴욕디자인어워드 (AIA Honor Awards), AIA 보스턴건축가협회상, 미국건축연맹 젊은건축가상, 미국건축가협회 뉴프랙티시스뉴욕, 레드닷 디자인어워드, iF 디자인어워드, 한국건축가협회상, 김수근건축상 프리뷰상을 수상하였고, 미국건축지 Architectural Record로부터 세계건축을 선도할 10대 건축가 Design Vanguard Award에 선정되었다.
나은중은 홍익대학교와 U.C.버클리 건축대학원을 졸업하였다. 2011년 미국건축연맹 젋은건축가상(Architectural League Prize)과 2012년 문화체육관광부 오늘의 젊은예술가상, 2022년 한국건축가협회상을 수상하였다. 서울시 마을건축가의 지역구 총괄건축가와 서울시교육청 꿈담사업 총괄건축가로 활동하였다.
유소래는 고려대학교와 U.C.버클리 건축대학원을 졸업하였다. 2011년 미국건축연맹 젋은건축가상(Architectural League Prize)과, 2017년 문화체육관광부 오늘의 젊은예술가상, 2022년 한국건축가협회상을 수상하였다.
이창수는 2016년 네임리스건축에 합류하여 현재 네임리스건축사사무소를 공동으로 이끌고 있다. 대한민국 건축사로 2022년 한국건축가협회상을 수상하였다.
NAMELESS Architecture is a idea-based design practice, based in Seoul. Committed to the simplicity on the unpredictable world, they explore the world of architecture, city, and global cultural phenomenon. NAMELESS’s work has been widely published and exhibited at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York Center for Architecture, Parsons The New School, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) and Seoul Museum of Art, National Museum of Korea. The office has received numerous awards, including AIA New York Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects , AIA/BSA Design Award from Boston Society of Architects, the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects, AIA New Practice New York (NPNY), Korean Architects Award, Korean Architects Award, Kim Swoo Geun Prize, Preview Award and Design Vanguard Award from Architectural Record.
Founding Directors
Unchung Na received a Master of Architecture from University of California Berkeley and a Bachelor Degree in Architecture from Hongik University. He has been awarded the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects (New York, 2011), the Young Artist Prize by the Korean Ministry of Culture Korea (Seoul, 2012) and the Korean Institute of Architects Award 2022. He served as a master architect for districts in Seoul, and also as a master architect for the dream school of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.
Sorae Yoo received a Master of Architecture from University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor Degree in Architecture from Korea University. She received the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects (New York, 2011), the Young Artist Prize by the Korean Ministry of Culture Korea (Seoul, 2017) and the Korean Institute of Architects Award 2022.
Director
Changsoo Lee joined Nameless in 2016 and is currently co-leading Nameless Architecture. As a Korean registered architect, he won the Korean Institute of Architects Award 2022.
Awards, Prize
2022. 한국건축가협회상 수상 / Winner, Korean Institute of Architects Award, Seoul
2021. 서울대학교 농장 당선 / Winner, Seoul National University Farm Competiton, Seoul
2021. 미래농업교육센터 당선 / Winner, Future Agricultural Education Center, Geochang
2021. D 스페이스 당선 / Winner, D SPACE, Namyangju
2020. 노들섬 공공예술 당선 / Winner, Noduel Island Public Art Project, Seoul
2020. 단계공원 사진갤러리 당선 / Winner, Dangye Park Photography Gallery, Wonju
2019. BT-IT 융합센터 당선 / Winner, BT-IT Convergence Center Competiton, Seoul
2019. 서울미아역 문화예술철도조성 당선 / Winner, MIA Station Cultural Railway Competition, Seoul
2018. 천호대로 공공예술전망대 당선 / Winner, Chunhodaero Public Observatory Competiton, Seoul
2018. 문화체육관광부 젊은예술가상 / Young Artist Prize, Ministry of Culture, Seoul
2018. 레드닷 디자인 어워드 수상 / Red Dot Design Award, Essen, Germany
2017. 국립중앙박물관 놀이공원공모 당선 / Winner, National Museum Playground Competiton, Seoul
2017. 교육부 우수학교건축상 수상 / Educational Building Award, Ministry of Education, Seoul
2017. IF 디자인어워드 수상 / IF Desgin Award, Hannover, Germany
2017. 레드닷 어워드 수상 / Red Dot Design Award, Essen, Germany
2016. 백남준 파빌리온 당선 / Winner, Nam June Paik Pavilion, The Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation
2015. 아키텍쳐럴레코드 디자인 뱅가드 수상 / Design Vanguard Award, Architectural Record, New York
2015. 젊은건축가 팰로우쉽 수상 / Young Architect Fellowship, Ministry of Culture, Arko, KIA, Korea
2014. AIA 미국건축가협회 뉴욕디자인어워드 수상 / Winner, AIANY Desgin Honor Award, New York
2014. AIA 미국건축가협회 뉴프랙티스뉴욕 수상 / Winner, AIA New Practices New York (NPNY) 2014
2014. 김수근건축상 프리뷰상 / Kim Swoo Geun Prize, Preview Award, Kim Swoo Geun Foundation, Korea
2014. 문화체육관광부 올해의 젊은예술가상 수상 / Young Artist of the Year, Ministry of Culture, Seoul
2014. 미국건축연맹 젊은건축가상 / Architectural League Prize for Young Architects & Designers, New York
2012. AIA 미국건축가협회 뉴욕디자인어워드 수상 / Winner, AIA New York Design Award, New York
2011. AIA/BSA 보스턴건축가협회상 수상 / Winner, Boston Society of Architects (AIA/BSA) Award, Boston
2011. 뉴욕 꿈의 파빌리온 파이널리스트 / Finalist, The City of Dreams Pavilion, New York
2010. AIA 뉴욕젊은건축가 심사위원상 / Jury Selection, Emerging New York Architects, New York
2010. AIA/BSA 쉬프트보스턴 공모전 2등 / Second Prize, SHIFTboston Competition, BSA, Boston
2010. 서울역사박물관 공공예술공모 당선 / First Prize, Seoul Museum of History Public Art Competition
2010. 켄로버츠메모리얼공모 파이널리스트 / Finalist, Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation, Dallas
2010. 버클리 인터네셔널하우스 공모 당선 / First Prize, Berkeley International House Competition, Berkeley
Exhibitions
2021. City Exhibition, Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Sep.16-Oct.31, 2021
2021. Global Studio, Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Sep.16-Oct.31, 2021
2020. Hidden Architects, Seoul Hall of Urbanism & Architecture, Jan.03-Jan.17, 2020
2020. Unfinished House with 9 Rooms, Onground Gallery, Jul.4-Aug.26, 2019
2019. Unclosed Bricks, Exhibition design, Arko Art Center, Oct.12-Dec.2, 2018
2018. Minimal House. Eagon House, July-August, 2018
2018. Sound x Hangeul, National Hangeul Museum, Seoul, April 9- June 3, 2018
2018. Letters to the Mayor, Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Sep.2-Nov.5, 2017
2017. From, In, to Jingdezhen, Exhibition design, Clayarch Museum, Sep.9,2017-Feb.18,2018
2017. Seoul Design Week, Theme Project, Seoul Design Foundation, DDP, Sep.21-27, 2017
2017. UIA World Architecture Congress, Young Architect Exhibition, Coex Hall,Sep.4-6, 2017
2017. The sound of Words, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, April 2017
2017. As the Moon waxes and wanes, MMCA, Aug.19, 2016-Feb.12, 2017
2016. An Arch(1 Room, 150 Lights), Clayarch Gimhae Museum, April 1, 2016
2016. Moon is the Oldest Space, Nam June Paik Art Center, Oct.7-Dec.7, 2016
2016. RE-PLAY: 4 Platforms, Seoul Museum of Art, Oct. 20-Dec. 13, 2015
2015. Out Of The Box, Kumho Museum of Art, Sep.18, 2015-Jan.3, 2016
2015. School Architecture Archive, Onground Gallery, Jul.16-Aug.07, 2015
2015. YAP, MoMA | Museum of Modern Art, New York, Jul.10-Sep.30, 2015
2015. In The Air, National Museum of Modern Art | MMCA, Jul.-Sep.2015
2015. Objectology II: Make, MMCA, Feb.17 - Jun.28, 2015
2015. Urban Manifesto 2024, Onground Gallery, Dec.29,2014-Jan.31,2015
2015. AIA NPNY, Center for Architecture New York, Oct.2014-Jan.2015
2014. Doors, Boundaries of Communication, Arumjigi Foundation, 2014.10-11
2014. Exploring Next Houses, Gallery Jungmiso, Oct.-Nov. 2014
2014. Circle Triangle Square, MMCA, Gwacheon, Sep. 2014
2014. YAP, MoMA | Museum of Modern Art, New York, Jul.10 - Sep.30, 2014
2014. In The Air, National Museum of Modern Art | MMCA, Jul.-Sep.2014
2014. AIA NY Design Exhibition, Center for Architecture, New York, 2014.04-06
2014. Nature+Media Anualle, Arko Art Center, Seoul
2013. Sulwha Cultural Exhibition | Curved Tension, Gallery IHN, Seoul
2013. EPS Grotto, Seoul Pavilion Project, Seoul Plaza
2013. Bubble Mats, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul
2013. Wind Chamber, Art Council Korea, Jeju
2013. Structured Landscape, Leeroo Gallery, Seoul
2012. Playground for 28 Letters, Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum, Seoul
2012. Its Different, Parsons The New School, New York
2011. AIANY Exhibition, The Center for Architecture, New York
2011. Global Young Architects, Dongdaemun Plaza, Seoul
2011. HB:BX, The Center for Architecture, New York
2010. BSA Exhibition, Boston World Trade Center, Boston, MA
2010. FUN in Boston, The Gallery at Mount Ida, Newton, MA
2010. State of the Art, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago
2010. KRob, The Dallas Center for Architecture, Dallas, TX
2010. Bienal Miami + Beach, MES Miami Event Space Miami, FL
2010. Berkeley without Shadow, Cody’s Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Publications, News
2021. Crossroads Building the Resilient City, Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, Sep.16, 2021
2021. Maeil Business Newspaper, Architect against social conventions, September 10, 2021
2021. Hankyoreh Newspaper, The meaning of the moon on Nodeul Island, May 13, 2021
2021. SPACE no639, Coinciding, deliberating, or deferring: NAMELESS Architecture, Feb.2021
2021. SPACE no639, Conversation with Nameless Architecture, Feb.2021
2021. YTN, Two full moons in Seoul, February 26, 2021
2021. Hankyoreh Newspaper, Artificial moon on the han river, January 14, 2021
2021. Chosun Ilbo, Artificial moon floating on the Han River, January 13, 2021
2021. Maeil Business Newspaper, An artificial moon rises over Nodeul Island, January 5, 2021
2021. Sisa Magazine, Artificial moon ‘Moonlight Glow’ on Nodeul Island, January 5, 2021
2021. Kookmin Ilbo, Moonlight Nodeul to open on the first full moon day, January 5, 2021
2021. Segye Ilbo, An artificial full moon appeared in the Han River, January 4, 2021
2021. Kyunghyang Newspaper, A full moon rises every night in the Han River, January 4, 2021
2021. Metro, Seoul City to Unveil Public Artwork Moonlights, January 4, 2021
2021. JoongAng Ilbo, A full moon rises on Nodeul Island, January 4, 2021
2020. C_Program, Spatial Empathy Forum: Talking about a learning space, July 1, 2020
2020. Daehan Newspaper, Design for special school in Gongju University, May 15, 2020
2020. B Magazine, Reference by B, Jobs, Architect, NAMELESS Architecture, March 10, 2020
2020. Daehan Newspaper, School architecture trapped in a square frame, March 3, 2020
2020. Daehan Newspaper, Numerous barriers to school building, March 3, 2020
2020. GQ, New architecture in 2020, January, 2020
2019. AHN Graphics, Corbusier, are you happy today, July 4, 2019
2019. SPACE books, Perfect Imperfect Dictionary, April 9, 2019
2019. Weekly Chosun Magazine, The secret of the unfinished Nine-room house, July 19, 2019
2019. Hankook Ilbo, nine square concrete house, September 18, 2019
2019. Chosun Ilbo, ‘Nine Rooms, Unfinished House’ exhibition, July 10, 2019
2019. Hankyoreh Newspaper, Tactility, Perfect Imperfect Dictionary, April 12, 2019
2019. Marie Claire, NAMELESS Architecture, Talent Forecast Report, January, 2019
2019. Monthly KOREA, NAMELESS Architecture, January, 2019
2018. Donga Magazine, Breaking myths about school architecture, Dec 31, 2018
2018. Atlas of Brutalist Architecture, Phaidon Press, October 17, 2018
2018. Chosun Ilbo, School Architecture, August 29, 2018
2018. Chosun Ilbo, House with 9 rooms, July 11, 2018
2018. NAVER Design press, DH Triangle School, June 27, 2018
2018. NAVER Design press, Sangchun Elementary School, June 20, 2018
2018. SPACE no.605, The Possibility of Imperfection: NAMELESS Architecture, April 2018
2018. Chosun Ilbo, Between the lines, April 11, 2018
2018. ARCHITECTURE, Architectural Institute of Korea, DH Triangle School, Jan, 2018
2017. Heritage Muine. 10 architects of the year, December 01, 2017
2017. DIVISARE No. 103, DH Triangle School, NAMELESS Architecture, Sep 1, 2017
2017. DIVISARE No. 102, RW Concrete Church, NAMELESS Architecture, Sep 1, 2017
2017. Korean Architecture, Diverse Perspectives Beyond A Century, C3, Sep 1, 2017
2017. SPACE No.595, Section x section, June 2017
2017. Art Chosun, Future Archeology, August 17, 2017
2017. ADIK, Triangle School, June 2017
2017. Arena, Architect NAMELESS Architecture, March 2017, pp.164-167
2017. El Croquis N187: Global Architectural Political Compass, February 8, 2017, p 254
2017. Monthly DESIGN, January 01, 2017
2016. This Brutal World, Phaidon Press, Peter Chadwick, May 23, 2016
2016. SCHOOL BLUEPRINT, Triangle School, JeongyeC Publisher, January 15, 2016
2015. Architect, Triangle School, Vol.273, March-April 2015, pp. 04-09, 30-32.
2015. Young Architects Fellowship publication, New School, April, pp.36-59.
2015. Staple Magazine, Vol.05, NAMELESS Door, April-May, pp.60-61, p.134-135.
2015. Joongang IIbo, New Perspective for Educational Facility, March 30, 2015, p.25.
2015. SPACE Magazine, no.568, DH Triangle School, March 2015, pp.96-101.
2015. WIDE AR, no.44, Wide-Document, DH Triangle School, March-April 2015, pp.05-18.
2015. WIDE AR, no.44, A Theater of Eyes, March-April 2015, pp.41-46.
2015. Luxury, Architecture in Seoul, 2015, p.322
2014. ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, Design Vanguard, NAMELESS, Dec.2014, pp.55-57.
2014. Architecture & Society no.28, 10 by 200, Korea Architects Institute, Dec, pp.204-221.
2014. Interiors, no.339, Doors, NAMELESS Architecture, December 2014, pp.245-253.
2014. Harpers Bazaar, Talking about Houses, December 2014, pp. 248-249.
2014. Building Magazine, Concrete Church, Hong Kong, Nov. 2014, pp.54-55.
2014. Wide AR, no.42, Boundaries of Communication, Doors, November 2014, pp.54-55.
2014. Wide AR, no.42, Exploring Next Houses, On the Almost Blue Hill, Nov. 2014, pp.56-57.
2014. Maison, Talking about the Houses, November 2014, pp.248-249.
2014. Action / NPNY Newspaper, NAMELESS Architecture, October 2014, pp.22-25.
2014. AN news, NAMELESS Architecture / Unchung Na, Sorae Yoo, Oct. 2014, pp.9-11.
2014. Doors: Boundaries of Communication, NAMELESS, October2014, pp.80-83.
2014. A&V, ARCHITEKTURA & BIZNES no.264/265, Poland, Jul-Aug 2014, pp.52-55.
2014. Oculus / AIANY Magazine, Triangle School, Summer issue 2014, p.44.
2014. Architecture Newspaper, Experience and Difference, Junglim Foundation, June 2014
2014. ICON Magazine UK, no.132 RW Concrete Church, Douglas Murphy, Jun,2014, pp. 48-50.
2014. SPACE Magazine, no.559, The Awe-inspiring Moonbalsso, June 2014, pp.62-69.
2014. DOCUMENTUM, no.01, In The Air, Archilife, May 2014, p.16.
2014. CONCEPT, NAMELESS Architecture, CA Publisher, May 2014, pp.76-107.
2014. PHAIDON, Architecture Article, RW Concrete Church, PHAIDON web, April 2014
2014. Living & Design, no.62, Architectural Terroir of Korea, Taiwan, April 2014, pp.69-77.
2014. Deco Magazine, RW Concrete Church, Deco Publisher, Taiwan, April 2014
2014. DOMUS, Architecture News, RW Concrete Church, DOMUS web, March 2014
2014. AIT, News, RW Concrete Church, AIT online, March 2014
2014. Joongang IIbo, Korean Young Architect broken with tradition , March 03, 2014, p.25.
2014. WIDE AR, no.38, The Images of Our Times, March-April 2014, pp.112-119.
2014. WIDE AR, no.37, Magic Realism, January-February 2014, pp.114-119.
2013. Radical Acts in Everyday life, Junglim Foundation, December 2013
2013. DOCUMENTUM, no.0, Triangle School, December 2013, p.12.
2013. MUINE, Now Here We All Are, November 2013, pp.102-104.
2013. WIDE AR, no.36, Images of Architecture, November-December 2013, pp.112-119
2013. IDEA DESIGN: Evolving Architecture, ANC Publisher, October 2013
2013. The Power of Arrows across Eras, Bow Bow, October 2013, pp.30-47.
2013. WIDE AR, no.35, Wide EYE2; Nature + Media Anualle, Sep.-Oct. 2013, pp.84-95
2013. INTERNI, August, NAMELESS, RW Concrete Church, Aug. 2013, pp.240-245.
2013. Style H, August, NAMELESS, Bow and Architecture, August 2013, pp.166-169.
2013. WIDE AR, no.34, Architectural League Prize, Jul-Aug. 2013, pp.84-95
2013. WIDE AR, no.34, Seoul and Han River Anatomy, July-August 2013, pp.104-109.
2013. SPACE magazine, no.546, NAMELESS, RW Concrete Church, May 2013, pp.86-91.
2013. Church Architecture, no 43, NAMELESS, RW Concrete Church, May, pp.72-105.
2013. Wide AR no 33, RW Concrete Church, May, pp. 37-63.
2013. Wide AR no 33, Continuous Time and Space, May-June 2013, pp. 94-102.
2013. Wide AR no 32, Moderate Utopia, March-April 2013, pp. 94-102.
2013. Wide AR no 31, Cities and Desire, January-February 2013, pp. 72-79.
2012. ANA news, Unchung Na+Sorae Yoo ‘Structured Landscape’, Dec. 2012
2012. Wide AR no 30, ‘Camera Obscura’, November-December 2012, pp. 96-101.
2012. Wide AR no 29, ‘Structural Intuition’, September-October 2012, pp. 107-112.
2012. Wide AR no 28, ‘Decisive Moment and Architecture’, July-August 2012, pp. 100-103.
2012. Young Architects 13; It’s Different, Princeton Architectural Press, pp.124-149, 2012
2012. Wide AR no 27, ‘The Ordinary and The Extraordinary’, May-June 2012, pp. 110-113.
2012. JJ Magazine, no.80 ‘One day We Met, March 2012, pp.80-83.
2012. Galleria, Issue #88, Live simply. May 2012, pp.294-295.
2012. Wide AR no 26, ‘Photograph is not a photograph’, March-April 2012, pp. 88-93.
2012. Wide AR no 25, ‘Self-Portraits’, January-February 2012, pp. 80-83.
2011. Wide AR no 24, ‘Real vs Fake’, November-December 2011, pp. 63-66.
2011. JJ Magazine , no.75, ‘NAMELESS is Quite Imperfect’, pp. 76-83.
2011. Wide AR no 23, ‘Photography-Act’, September-October 2011, pp. 67-69.
2011. Oculus Vol 73, ‘Playcloud’, New York, 2011, p.44.
2011. Wide AR no 22, NAMELESS, Architecture of Fragility, July-August 2011, pp. 115-119.
2011. Wide AR no 22, ‘Visible and Invisible’, July-August 2011, pp. 83-85.
2011. TOPclass, ‘NAMELESS | Unchung Na + Sorae Yoo’, pp. 24-27.
2011. WHY NOT, ‘The Wall as Infrastructure’, Boston, pp. 12-14.
2011. HEREN, Issue #57, NAMELESS, June 2011, pp.298-299.
2011. Wide AR no 21, ‘Constructing Typologies’, May-June 2011, pp. 72-75.
2011. AIANY Design Awards Book, New York, 2011, P. 66.
2011. Paisea Magazine no.16 Scars, Primary Atmosphere, Spain, 2011, pp. 84-85.
2011. HB:BX, (Con)temporary Infrastructure, New York, 2011, p. 33.
2010. MARK Magazine no.28, What’s Happening, Playcloud, 2010, p. 23.
2010. Architecture & Culture, NAMELESS architecture, September 2010, pp. 60-97.