Jongno Tower () is a 33-story office building in

Jongno Jongno or Jong-ro () is a trunk road and one of the oldest major east–west thoroughfares in Seoul, South Korea. Jongno connects Gwanghwamun Plaza to Dongdaemun. The area surrounding Jongno is a part of Downtown Seoul and one of the most ...

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. Its top floor is equipped with a restaurant and bar which closed in 2022, it was famous for its view of Jongno and other areas of Seoul. The tower is located near

Jonggak Station Jonggak Station is a station on the Line 1 of the Seoul Subway in South Korea. It is located on Jongno, central Seoul and comprises a large underground arcade. The second-largest book shop in South Korea, the Bandi & Luni's lying under the Jon ...

Seoul Subway Line 1 Seoul Subway Line 1 (dubbed ''The Dark Blue Line'') of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a rapid transit and commuter rail line which links central Seoul, South Korea to Yeoncheon station, Yeoncheon in the northeast, Incheon in the southwest, an ...

. The 23rd to 30th floors are hollow. The

hangeul The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. In North Korea, the alphabet is known as (), and in South Korea, it is known as (). The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs ...

lettering is 삼성증권 (

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Securities), the owner of the building. It was designed by

Rafael Viñoly Rafael Viñoly Beceiro (1 June 1944 – 2 March 2023) was an Uruguayan-born architect based in New York. He was the principal of Rafael Viñoly Architects, which he founded in 1983. The firm has offices in New York City, Palo Alto, London, Ma ...

Architects, and built in 1999. Its height is 132 meters.

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Buildings and structures in Jongno District Downtown Seoul Office buildings completed in 1999 Skyscraper office buildings in Seoul Rafael Viñoly buildings 1999 establishments in South Korea 20th-century architecture in South Korea {{SouthKorea-struct-stub