Career
After working for Kim Swoo Geun from 1974 to 1989, he established his own office "IROJE architects&planners" in 1989. He is the author of "Beauty of Poverty(1996 Mikunsa)", "", ‘Landscript(2009 Yoelhwadang)’ and "Memorial of Roh Moo-hyun(2010 Nulwa)", and was an Visiting Professor of North London University and taught at Seoul National University and at of Korea National University of Arts. The American Institute of Architects made Seung an Honorary Fellow of American Institute of Architects in 2002, and the of Korea National Museum of Contemporary of Art selected him as Artist of the Year in 2002, which was a first for any architect, after which he hosted a grand solo architecture exhibition.
In 2007, the Korean government honored Seung with the of Korea Award for Art and Culture, and he was commissioned as director for Gwangju Design Biennale 2011 after for Korean Pavilion of Venice Biennale 2008.
Since 2014 he as the first City Architect of Seoul Metropolitan Government is planning and reviewing major public projects in Seoul.