“KOREA BUILD WEEK 2026, Korea’s largest exhibition specializing in construction, architecture and interior, will be held at KINTEX in Ilsan, Korea from February 4th through 7th, 2026. The exhibition, which has led the flow of industry for 40 years, encompasses the entire construction, architecture, and interior industries and is a venue where excellent domestic and foreign companies participate to showcase various products and new technologies.
The exhibition will have more than 950 companies and 3,000 booths, covering various fields such as architecture, interior, and construction equipment, shading windows, architectural tools, eco-friendly building materials, and off-site construction (OSC). In particular, the wood industry and eco-friendly building solutions will emerge as major topics in this exhibition, and it is expected to provide unprecedented exchanges and opportunities for the Canadian wood industry to enter the market.
South Korea is promoting the revitalization of wooden architecture as a national strategy to realize carbon neutrality. It is expanding the use of wood in public buildings by enacting the Wooden Building Act and actively encouraging high-efficiency and low-carbon building methods combined with OSC. As a result, as the demand for wood in the Korean building market is increasing, world-class wooden building powerhouse nations are participating in the Korea Build Week at the national level to expand their market share.
Since its first participation two years ago, Estonia has increased its share of wood and wood products exports to Korea by 30% and has established close partnerships with architects and construction companies. Japan is strengthening its position in the Korean market by actively introducing cutting-edge technologies and design trends such as CLT and circular wood construction through its participation in the show and holding of wooden architecture design seminars.
Experts predict that large-scale wooden construction projects will be actively developed in Korea within the next 10 to 20 years if the global eco-friendly construction trend is combined with the improvement of the government system. Accordingly, if the Canadian wood industry enters the Korean market, it is expected to expand exports to Asia and secure a long-term position at the same time.