While having dedicated the past 49 years to rapid growth that ran parallel with Korea's economic development,
SAMOO seeks to become a responsible partner that offers the best service in realizing the vision of our clients
as well as improving our architectural environment and creating a legacy for future generations.
SAMOO Architects & Engineers is a global architecture company which provides a total solution covering from architectural, urban, interior, sustainable design to engineering. Since 1976, SAMOO has completed about 8,000 projects. The more than 100 award winning records explains SAMOO’s design competence which has been refined throughout the last 49 years. SAMOO has won all the three biggest design awards such as Red Dot, IDEA and iF Design Award, and through that, SAMOO has proved its superiority in design to the world. Also, SAMOO received an Honoree award in the Smart Cities category at the CES Innovation Awards, the world’s largest IT exhibition.
SAMOO possesses a full systematic organization to provide clients with necessary administrative services and specialized functions in design, engineering & construction and construction management to maximize benefits to clients. A breakdown of expertise within SAMOO is as follows :
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158
Registered Architect
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17
Professional Engineer
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11
Overseas Registered
Architect -
60
LEED AP
For the first time among Korean architecture firms, SAMOO has won all three major global design awards—RedDot, iF Design Award, and IDEA—as well as an Honoree award at the CES Innovation Awards, and through that, SAMOO has proved its superiority in design to the world.
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2020 ~
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2024. 11
Honoree at the CES Innovation Awards
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2024. 09
Won all of the top 3 international design awards
(Red Dot, iF Design Award, IDEA) -
2022. 07
Declared the future business strategy
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2021. 01
Declared SAMOO VISION 2025 and NEW CI
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2024. 11
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2015 ~
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2018. 10
Opened a branch in Malaysia
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2018. 02
Headquarters relocation (Gangdong ECT)
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2016. 10
40th Anniversary
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2016. 08
Won all of the top 3 international design awards
(Red Dot, iF Design Award, IDEA)
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2018. 10
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2010 ~
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2014. 08
Acquired by SAMSUNG Group
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2014. 04
Opened a branch in Beijing
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2010. 07
Established a branch in Vietnam
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2014. 08
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2005 ~
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2007. 02
Expanded overseas branches
(New York, Dubai, Shanghai) -
2006.
Adopted the BIM
(Building Information Modeling) -
2005. 10
The 1st SAMOO Design Award (SDA)
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2007. 02
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2000 ~
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2004. 11
Obtained ISO14001 Certificate
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2004. 07
The 1st SAMOO Design Workshop(SDW)
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2004. 10
Opened a branch in Shanghai
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2004. 11
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2020 ~
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1995 ~
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1998. 02
Registered for the professional service
in Construction Management -
1998. 01
Obtained ISO9001 Certificate
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1996. 10
Revised the logo and changed the company name
: SAMOO Architects & Engineers
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1998. 02
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1990 ~
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1994.
Opened a branch in New York
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1993. 07
Registered for the engineering service
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1993. 02
Registered for the professional service
in Architectural Supervision
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1994.
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1985 ~
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1989.
Began cooperative system;
industrial and academic -
1988. 04
Registered for the professional engineering service
in Structure, Mechanical, and Electrical
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1989.
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1980 ~
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1985. 06
Changed the company name
: SAMWOO Architects & Engineers Co. -
1982. 04
Changed the company name
: SAMWOO Design Co.
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1985. 06
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1976 ~
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1979.
Entered into Middle-East market: KSA, Libya, Iraq
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1979. 06
Obtained the license of professional service
in overseas construction -
1976. 10
Founded SAMWOO Architecture Lab
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1979.
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1995 ~