Whale Design Lab references Louis Kahn for makeover of Mài Apartment in Vietnam
Geometric forms and graphic terrazzo surfaces feature in this duplex apartment in Ho Chi Minh City that has been updated by Whale Design Lab. More
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MIA Design Studio covers Vietnamese home with protruding planters
Cuboid planters containing trees and shrubs protrude from the elevations of this home in Saigon, Vietnam, designed by MIA Design Studio. More
Perforated brick facade shades a house in Vietnam with a triple-height atrium
A house in Vietnam by Khuôn Studio is built around a triple-height atrium filled with plants and shaded by a perforated facade of grey brick. More
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LAVA and Aspect Studios to add Central Park to Ho Chi Minh City
Elevated walkways and sunken gardens with sculptural energy-harvesting "trees" will define LAVA and Aspect Studios' Central Park masterplan in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. More
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K59 Atelier merges its studio and home in concrete-framed block
Vietnamese practice K59 Atelier has designed its own architecture office and home for a family in Ho Chi Minh City, connecting two alleyways with an open and airy ground floor. More
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Kientruc O designs colourful kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City
TTC Elite Saigon Kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City by Kientruc O has a playful facade decorated with colourful patterns and irregularly shaped windows. More
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K59 Atelier's Tile Roof House takes cues from traditional Vietnamese homes
A giant, terracotta tile roof distinguishes this home in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City, which K59 Atelier has modelled on traditional Vietnamese houses. More
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Sanuki Daisuke Architects builds light-filled house on dense urban plot in Vietnam
Double-height glazed walls help draw light into NGA House, designed by Vietnam studio Sanuki Daisuke Architects for a tight plot in Ho Chi Minh City. More
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Plant curtain drapes over Breathing House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has covered the roof and facade of Breathing House in Ho Chi Minh City with a canopy of climbing plants to create private outdoor spaces. More
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Trees envelop Stepping Park House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Vo Trong Nghia's architecture studio has filled the interiors of a house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with plants and trees to maximise its connection with a neighbouring park. More
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Chuon Chuon Kim Kindergarten by Kientruc O looks like a cluster of brick houses
Architecture studio Kientruc O has designed a kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City, which is made up of a stack of gabled brick blocks and features a curving cantilevered staircase leading to a roof garden. More
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Tropical plants and geometric glass walls screen house and restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnamese architecture studio Kientruc O has given a modernist makeover to an old house in a narrow Ho Chi Minh City alleyway, transforming it into a restaurant with a lush garden wrapped by gridded glazing. More
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Narrow windows allow daylight into terrazzo-covered house in Ho Chi Minh City
The washed-terrazzo facade of this house positioned on a compact plot in Ho Chi Minh City is punctuated by tall, narrow windows that allow natural light to enter but providing privacy where required. More
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Tree branches poke through floors of Vo Trong Nghia's Stacked Planters House
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed a house in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring a series of stacked concrete slabs punctured by rectangular holes that allow trees to reach up through the floors. More
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Kientruc O carves elliptical lightwell between Vietnamese house and its extension
An elongated lightwell has been cut through this 1940s house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, which has been renovated by locally based architecture studio Kientruc O. More
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Vo Trong Nghia fronts slim house in Ho Chi Minh City with huge bamboo-filled planters
Bamboo plants grow up the front of this slender house in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, which Vo Trong Nghia Architects has covered in huge, grooved concrete planters. More
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Ho Chi Minh apartment block features patterned terracotta facade and garden pockets
A screen of decorative terracotta blockwork fronts this apartment block in Ho Chi Minh City by Sanuki Daisuke Architects, which features planted courtyards in its centre. More
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Planted terraces are interspersed among living spaces at Vo Trong Nghia's Binh House
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed the latest in its House for Trees series – a property in Ho Chi Minh City featuring gardens set on top of multiple stacked levels that are visible through openings in the concrete walls. More
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Block Architects adds trellises and steel-bar walls to Vietnamese house
Cubes made from white-painted reinforcing rods form frameworks that support staircases and climbing plants at this renovated house in Ho Chi Minh City. More
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Hem House by Sanuki Daisuke features patterned window grilles and a hidden roof garden
Patterned grills screen the windows of this terrazzo-covered house in Ho Chi Minh City, which has been designed by local studio Sanuki Daisuke Architects to make the most of the site's little natural light (+ slideshow). More
