Tag Ho Chi Minh City

13-09-2017

Vo Trong Nghia: The Bihn house and the transformation of Ho Chi Minh

Aware of the depletion of greenery in cities like Ho Chi Minh, Vo Trong Nghia Architects design homes in which vegetation is an integral part of the composition. Interaction between indoor spaces and gardens improves the microclimate in Vo Trong Nghia’s Bihn house.

15-05-2017

Architecture for climate change in Vietnam

Climate change is advancing and it is having a huge impact on farm productivity in many parts of the world, including Vietnam, a country with high economic and demographic development where already 10 million people - 11% of the population - are suffering from malnutrition.

12-08-2016

A21Studio Saigon House Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam

Architect Hiep Hoa Nguyen, founder of A21Studio, was awarded the Archmarathon Award for the Private Housing category thanks to his design of the Saigon House, a private house built in Hồ Chí Minh City (Vietnam) for a family with seven children. This project is a tribute to the old city of Saigon.

03-02-2016

Saigon House by a21studio in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

In the Bình Thạnh district in Ho Chi Minh City, a21studio built Saigon House, a polyphonic building paying homage to the home and thought of Vietnamese collector Vuong Hong Sen. Tiles, doors, windows and floors were reclaimed from nearby demolished homes as it they were precious works of art.

03-12-2014

a21studĩo designs The Nest, a reporter’s home in Ho Chi Minh City

The young Vietnamese architects of a21studio designed The Nest, a reporter’s home in the Bình Thạnh district of Ho Chi Minh City. Made entirely of metal, The Nest was designed with a lightweight beam and pillar structure covered with a grid that becomes both a fence and a support for luxuriant vegetation.

17-10-2014

Low Cost House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

Vietnamese architect, Vo Trong Nghia presented his solution for economical and sustainable living – Low Cost House – in the documentary “Greening the City” for the Rebel Architecture TV series by Al Jazeera English.

01-10-2014

House for trees by Vo Trong Nghia Architects in Ho Chi Minh City

The innovative young studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has built a House for trees on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam. Particularly aware of the importance of building sustainable constructions, Vo Trong Nghia attempts to enrich an area where intense urbanisation has left no room for greenery with his House for Trees.

16-07-2014

Vo Trong Nghia Architects: concrete home in Binh Thanh (Ho Chi Minh)

The Binh Thanh house is a good introduction to the contemporary architecture of Ho Chi Minh, as seen from the point of view of Vo Trong Nghia Architects, a young but well-established Vietnamese studio. Its characteristic bare concrete façade serves as a sunshade. The work makes use of traditional local forms, interpreted with a view to achieving sustainability.