himma korea architecture studio is a multidisciplinary design firm based in Seoul, Korea, whose work bridges architectural practice and research across urban design, architecture, installations, and furniture design. The studio is committed to creating spaces and design artifacts with a distinct sense of identity, shaped through careful analysis of each site’s unique characteristics and the cultural memories embedded in its contexts, all while maintaining a keen awareness of environmental sustainability.

Founded in 1995 as Architecture Studio Hailim Suh, the firm was renamed himma architecture studio in 1997. Between 2003 and 2006, Jun Sung Kim and Yong Il Park joined as partners. The studio expanded internationally with himma NYC in 2007 and himma Boston in 2009, and reestablished its Seoul presence in 2021 as himma Korea.

Internationally, himma’s projects have been featured in major publications and exhibitions, including Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard, Germany’s daab/db, Young Asian Architects, Betonart in Turkey, and The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. The Wrapping House was featured by the BBC. In 2008, himma was invited to participate in Taiwan's Next Gene 20 Grand Land Architecture International Project, with work exhibited at the Venice Biennale. In 2009, collaborating with Nader Tehrani and NADAAA, himma was selected as one of ten international firms for the Ordos 20+10 Office Complex project in Inner Mongolia, which earned an honorable mention in the 2015 P/A Awards.

Over the years, himma’s work has received numerous accolades, including the KIA Awards, Seoul Architectural Work Award, Progressive Architecture (P/A) Awards, and the AIA New York Project Awards.