2026 Korea Architecture Industry Fair Opens, Exploring Opportunities for Cooperation and Business in the Architecture Industry

[Financial News] The 2026 Korea Architecture Industry Fair (KAFF 2026), which showcases the latest technologies and materials in the architecture industry as well as design trends, opened on the 28th. One hundred companies are operating 198 booths, with exhibitions, lectures and practical training running through the 30th.
The Korea Institute of Registered Architects said it held an opening ceremony that day at Hall D of COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, attended by figures from the architecture sector, including association president Kim Jae-rok and National Architecture Policy Commission chair Kim Jin-ae.
Held for the 21st time this year, the exhibition is hosted by the association and co-organized with COEX. Its theme is “TRANSFORM Architecture: Standing at the Center of Transition,” and it showcases eco-friendly building materials, new technologies, IT, renewable energy and public-sector policies. Works from the Hanok Architecture Design Education program and the Seocho Architecture Culture Festival will also be exhibited.
KAFF FORUM will run through the 30th in Seminar Room II at the exhibition venue. Lectures on changes and future directions in architecture will include “HAEAHN Design Way: A Transition in Typology, a Transition in Technology,” “From Site to Place” and “The Center of Gravity of Architecture in an Era of Transition.”
During the same period, Seminar Room I will host architecture materials briefings, where participating companies will introduce materials and new technologies. Attending one session will qualify participants for one hour of specialized training credit under the architects’ practical training program.
The architects’ practical training program will take place on the 28th and 29th in COEX Conference Rooms 307 and 308. It consists of one ethics course and eight specialized courses covering copyright, school architecture, accessibility facilities for people with disabilities, changes in design work in the age of AI, and the use of generative AI.
At 1 p.m. on the 30th, the final day of the event, an awards ceremony will be held in Seminar Room II. Awards will include commendations from the chair of the National Architecture Policy Commission, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the head of the Public Procurement Service, and the president of the Korea Institute of Registered Architects.
An association representative said, “KAFF 2026 is a place to consider together the new directions architecture should take amid the many changes in the architecture industry,” adding, “We hope this exhibition will give architects and the architecture industry a chance to share the latest technologies and information and create opportunities for new cooperation and business.”
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