Labyrinths, an architectural journal, uncovers and documents the discourse of modern and contemporary Korean architecture. Unlike existing magazines that focus on introducing recent works and critiquing architects and their buildings, Labyrinths is a thematic publication that delves deeply into a selected topic for each issue. We aspire to create unexpected encounters and uncover previously unexplored paths amidst the numerous forks and turns in a labyrinth with neither a clear entrance nor exit. Labyrinths is published three times a year. The print edition appears in Korean, with English versions provided on this website. 

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purpose

Labyrinths is an architecture journal launched in the fall of 2024, dedicated to uncovering and documenting the discourse of contemporary Korean architecture. Unlike existing magazines, which are organized around showcasing recent work and criticism of individual buildings and architects, Labyrinths is a text-centered journal that concentrates on a single chosen theme in each issue.

title

The title Labyrinths—miro(미로) in Korean—carries several layers of meaning, a name that reflects both a place, Korea, and a moment, the mid-2020s. On one level, it names our recent condition: problems have piled up, yet no clear solution or way out is in sight. On another, it draws on the myth of the Labyrinth and its designer, Daedalus, as well as on the several long-running journals that have borne Daedalus's name. Unlike the American and German magazines named after the architect-subject—Daedalusand Daidalos—Labyrinths takes the name of the object rather than its maker.

previous issues

 no. 6Summer 2026Type 
 no. 5Spring 2026What Can Architecture Be? 
 no. 4Fall / Winter 2025Wood and Concrete 
 no. 3Summer 2025OMA 
 no. 2Spring 2025Japan 
 no. 1first issue 2024References & Citations