Mokdong Hyperion (

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: 목동 하이페리온) is a group of three residential buildings located in the

Mok-dong Mok-dong is a ward of Yangcheon-gu, located in the west of Seoul, South Korea. Commonly referred to as a "special education district", the upper-middle/upper-class neighborhood is best known for its abundance of private institutions, or Hagwons, as ...

Yangcheon-gu The Yangcheon District (Yangcheon-gu) is a ''gu'', or district, of Seoul, South Korea, located on the southwest side of the Han River. At the centre of this district is the Mok-dong area, which is home to numerous shopping outlets, bars and rest ...

district of

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, completed in 2003. The tallest of which, Tower A, is 69 floors and high, making it the fifth tallest building in Seoul and the world's 214th

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. The towers are used as residential housing. Tower A is the world's 48th tallest residential building. Below the building is a

Hyundai Department store Hyundai Department Store (Korean: 현대백화점 주식회사, Hanja: 現代百貨店株式會社), together with Lotte Department Store and Shinsegae, is one of the three major department store chains in South Korea. Its parent company is the H ...

, a chain of high end department stores in South Korea. At the time of its completion, the building was the tallest in the country but was surpassed by

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in 2004.

Structure

The Hyperion Tower floors B1~B2 and 1~7 are a department store, while B3~B6 are a parking lot, and floors 9~65 are residential.

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See also

Structure

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