Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art

Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art
삼성미술관 리움
General information
Type	Art Museum
Address	747-18 Hannam 2-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea 140-890
Town or city	Seoul
Country	South Korea
Completed	2004
Client	Samsung Cultural Foundation
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel, Rem Koolhaas
Architecture firm	Mario Botta Architetto, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Samoo Architects & Engineers
Structural engineer	Chunglym Engineers
Other designers	Landscape: Petra Blaisse
Awards and prizes	2005 Excellence in Design for Civic Architecture Seoul Metropolitan Government
Website
www.leeumhoam.org/leeum
References
http://oma.eu/projects/2004/leeum-museum

The Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art (Korean: 삼성미술관 리움) is a museum in Hannam-dong, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea. It is run by the Samsung Foundation of Culture.^[1]

The museum consists of two parts, one of which houses traditional Korean art, the other contemporary art. The first part of the museum was designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta and the second part of the museum by French architect Jean Nouvel and Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas.