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Early high-rise buildings could not escape the stereotype due to the integration of structure and form. However, recent trends in high-rise buildings’ constructions are notable because of the development of design and construction technology. The appearance of the high-rise buildings also reflects the image of enterprises, cities and countries. Therefore, it pursues a distinctive appearance that can be remembered by people. In particular, the high-rise buildings that started to appear in the latter half of the 20th century are escaping from the fixed types of the past, and the images that appear from the exterior are uniquely expressed due to the use of various building forms and materials. The purpose of this study is to investigate the diversification tendency of appearance design for high-rise office building in Korea. In this study, the appearance of high-rise office buildings in Korea was systematically classified and analyzed. The existing cases were investigated through the symbolism, facade silhouette, and facade pattern. The diversification tendency of appearance design according to time was analyzed. The result of this study shows that the appearance design of Korean high-rise office building tends to be more various than before primarily through the expression of locality for symbolism, cutting type for facade silhouette, and combined type for facade pattern.