HOK New York Designs First Commercial Building In Korea Aiming To Achieve LEED Platinum Criteria
Songdo U-Life Complex in Korea to House Gale International/U-Life Northeast Asia Headquarters
NEW YORK – The New York office of HOK, one of the world’s leading architecture and urban design firms, has unveiled the design for its latest commercial office building in Songdo International Business District, Incheon, South Korea. The new 55,000-square-foot, five-story Gale International/U-Life Northeast Asia Headquarters building, aiming to achieve the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® Platinum criteria, will be the first of its kind in Korea.
The U-Life complex project will be a leading example of sustainable design for both Songdo IBD and Korea. The project fully embodies its educational mission, demonstrates how it is possible to lead by example and points to new possibilities for the built environment in restoring ecosystems and reducing global greenhouse gas buildup.
