Korean High Society

The exterior architecture of the club house was designed by American architecture firm Altevers Associates and resembles a fortress. In contrast, the atmosphere of Liaigre’s interior emulates the design of popular bygone gathering places—which have largely been destroyed—through the use of black lacquered doors, massive sculpted wood columns made from a single tree trunk, and beams and floors made of stained distressed wood. And because club houses are intended to cultivate dialog between old and new through artwork, Liaigre built four walls made of Thassos (a white marble resembling blocks of salt), a white concrete staircase, and modular marble panels that move aside to reveal the spa.