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Seuk Hoon Kim (김석훈, 金奭勳, born 29 April 1985) is a Korean architect and interior designer.

Biography
Seuk Hoon Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1985.

At the age of 20, he attended Hanyang University in interior architecture. As he had entered as the Top Matriculant of The Year, he stood out during his four years of studies among the students.

Kim started working at Heehoon D&G, one of major interior design company in South Korea, at the age of 22, and later joined Ridge P&C, also another major interior design company in South Korea, as Project Manager.

In 2012, Kim attended Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and graduated in 2015 with Master of Architecture degree. He has been awarded as the recipient of Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize.

He joined Studio GAIA of Ilan Waisbrod in 2015 as Senior Design Manager, where he participated numerous hospitality projects, especially focused in North America and South America. Few of his representative projects are W Panama and W Washington D.C. of Marriott, and 45 by Director.

In 2017, Kim was appointed as Creative Director of Studio GAIA Asia office, which was first set in Seoul, South Korea to manage Asia Pacific projects.

He started teaching as Adjunct Professor at Hongik University, School of Architecture, Department of Interior Architecture in 2018 where he taught design studio classes.

In 2018, Kim opened his design firm, Studio Eccentric, which later was converted to Studio Eccentric Co., Ltd. in 2020. The firm has been pursuing projects primarily in hospitality sectors such as hotels, resorts, restaurants, cafes, bars, etc., with the experience of hospitality has allowed to spread to other sectors as well, such as residentials, retails, workspaces, etc.

In 2022, Kim was appointed as Assistant Professor of Hanyang University, Department of Interior Architecture Design, and opened Eccentric Design Lab(EDL) , where he focuses on research of concept designing and programming in hospitality and commercial spaces. He has stepped down from CEO of Studio Eccentric Co., Ltd. since then, but