VTN Architects   Vietnam   The architecture firm’s own offices incorporate modular concrete planters that do much to create a comfortable microclimate and provide a laboratory for the testing of ecological seeds. The experimental character of the building showcases the practic

Nghia-Architect   Vietnam   Commissioned for the families of two siblings, this house is located in the historic core of Hanoi, where the densest part of the city’s population is concentrated. The zone where the house stands maintains the scars of some of the most intense bombi

Tropical Space   Vietnam   Next to the Terra Cotta Studio in Dien Phong, another work of the Vietnamese firm Tropical Space, this workshop uses its folds to embrace a preexisting kiln for ceramic bricks. Two walls rising 5.4 meters divide the main parts of the new construction

Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects   Vietnam   On the outskirts of Vinh city in Vietnam, next to the Vsip industrial park, stands this 160-square-meter café. The project was conditioned by a low budget and also by a 5-year land lease term, so the main materials were selected in accordance with th

ARB Architects   Vietnam   Hanoi ARB Architects, directed by Nguyen Ha, was commissioned by the artist Xuan Hinh to build a museum devoted to Dao Mau, the worship of mother goddesses which was established in Vietnam in the 16th century, and declared a UNESCO-listed religion in

Tropical Space   Vietnam   This office building, covered by brick walls with a concrete structure, is located on a quiet street in Ho Chi Minh City. The functional areas are divided by a continuous vertical void, favoring the access of natural light and air circulation. The of

VTN Architects   Vietnam   The client asked for a bamboo structure embodying Vietnamese culture and symbols like the lotus and the bronze drum. The new Vinpearl visitor center goes up at the center of a large tourist complex, with a building area of 1,460 square meters. The re

G8A Architects rollimarchini architects   Vietnam   With vegetation-coated facades, this factory of the Swiss company Jakob Rope Systems, which specializes in rope and stainless-steel cable products, is located in an industrial area of the Vietnamese city of Thuận An, 50 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh C

VTN Architects   Vietnam   On a corner lot in the center of Bat Trang Town, located just a few kilometers from the Vietnamese capital and known for its pottery-making tradition, stands this residence for the family of an old ceramics specialist.  The building has three overlap

VTN Architects   Vietnam   When Vietnam opened to international tourism, it was a strong boost for the economic growth of the country, but unleashed an uncontrolled urbanization process that has stripped the cities of their tropical forests and threatened their natural ecosyst

VTN Architects   Vietnam   A little over thirty kilometers from the city of Hanoi, on a sloping lakeside terrain within Hoa Lac technological campus, and just a few meters from the engineering center, Viettel has completed a business center for the company’s leaders. The proje

VTN Architects   Vietnam   Viettel Academy Educational Center is in a training campus at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, thirty kilometers from Hanoi. With classrooms, meeting rooms, halls, offices, and temporary housing, the center provides accommodation and training courses for the st

VTN Architects   Vietnam   Castaway Island Resort is located on a beautiful tiny island in Cat Ba Archipelago, a well-known tourist destination in Vietnam. The site is only accessible by boat, which takes about two hours from Hai Phong port. The resort has room for up to 160 g

VTN Architects   Vietnam   The single-family house is located in a new residential area in Ho Chi Minh City. The site is adjacent to a park on its northern side, which is a rare opportunity in the dense and hyperurbanized Vietnamese cities. The design therefore focused on buil

VTN Architects   Vietnam   The flexible urban planning in this new neighborhood has permitted occupying the maximum area f the plots , to the detriment of green areas, wich are fewer and fewer. Reactingto this denaturalization of the tropical ecosystem of Ho Chi Min City and f

VTN Architects   Vietnam   Located close to the center of Son La City and surrounded by mountains covered with dense tropical vegetation, this series of pavilions inspired in traditional Vietnamese architecture completes a touristic resort with a new multipurpose space. The pr

VTN Architects   Vietnam   Located in the Dong Da district of the Vietnamese capital, the four-story prismatic building harbors two complementary programs: on the one hand, a showroom for the lighting products of an electronics company; on the other hand, an exhibition gallery

VTN Architects   Vietnam   The house sits just a few meters from the water in the quiet residential neighborhood of Nha Trang, a touristic town in the southeast of the country. The project had to address two requests: on one hand, the client wanted a house with a large garden;

VTN Architects   Vietnam   Located just 16 kilometers away from one of the main airports in Vietnam and half-way between Danang city and Hoi An old town, this retreat-resort is a center for the recovery of the body and mind, a getaway where long-stay guests can relax in a peac

VTN Architects   Vietnam   The province of Son La, north of Vietnam, is an area with abundant nature of untouched forests and beautiful mountainscapes. Even with its strong cultural and natural beauty, there was little development or accommodation for tourists to recognize the

VTN Architects   Vietnam   Designed for two generations of the same family, a young couple and the mother of one of the two, the design of the house is determined by the characteristic geometry of the plot on which it goes up: a rectangular, narrow, and elongated site, barely

VTN Architects   Vietnam   Combining the advantages of the previous prototypes, the stainless steel lattice walls secure, support, and rigidify the frame of S House 3, which is clad with microcement and isolated from the ground by a concrete pedestal, ensuring its durability.

Farming Architects   Vietnam   This urban version of the VAC system – Vuòn (garden), Ao (pond), and Chuông (cage) – with solar roof panels, organizes reading and play spaces for children using a versatile structure of wooden frames in which luminaries, seats, and pots are inserted

One is hard put to name a country that has a more beleaguered modern history. The rapacity of the West sought to turn Vietnam into both a productive, profitable colony and a geopolitical outpost in the Far East. First to arrive were the French, who p

Vo Trong Nghia   Since the foundation of the studio in the year 2006, my work is based on these key principles: Through Meditation Through meditation, I observe how things are born and how they disappear; I realize that everything passes by, everything ends in a natu

Nirmal Kishnani   In a context of rapid urban growth, Vo Trong Nghia defends an architecture based on local knowledge, communion with nature, and social commitment. 

Luis Fernández-Galiano   Vo Trong Nghia strives to make the world a better place, and tackles that titanic task in tune with nature. With the humble ambition of one who does not want to see the tsunami of urban development and prosperity destroy the essential landscapes of h

Para celebrar el milenario de su fundación, la capital vietnamita ha puesto en marcha el proyecto del mayor espacio escénico del país, la Ópera Thang Long —el dragón rampante, nombre poético de Hanoi—, firmada por el despacho Renzo Piano Buiding Work