Climbing-frame library in Vietnam has a thriving aquaponics system
VAC Library by Farming Architects is a large wooden climbing frame that uses solar-powered aquaponics to keep vegetables, koi carp and chickens in Hanoi, Vietnam. More
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Modular pavilion at Vietnamese tea farm made from 2,000 wooden crosses
Nguyen Khac Phuoc Architects and Dang + Partners have slotted together 2,000 modular wooden elements to create a porous white pavilion for tea farmers in rural Vietnam. More
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Trees envelop Stepping Park House by VTN 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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Vo Trong Nghia Architects creates "cave-like" Nocenco cafe with swirling bamboo ceiling
Vo Trong Nghia Architects used bamboo to create spiralling structures that flow from the ceiling to the floors and conceal concrete pillars at this rooftop cafe in the Vietnamese city of Vinh. More
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H&P Architects wraps perforated brick walls around Hanoi house Brick Cave
Two layers of perforated brickwork surround this two-bedroom family home in Hanoi by Vietnamese studio H&P Architects. More
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Tropical Space creates playground for chickens and children in Vietnam
Vietnamese studio Tropical Space has created an elaborate coop that features a network of boxes, platforms and stairs, which can be used by both chickens and children. More
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Two giant hands hold up Golden Bridge in Vietnam
A curved golden bridge held up by two giant hands, designed by TA Landscape Architecture, has opened to the public near Da Nang in central Vietnam. 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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Le House fills An'garden Cafe with plants to create an oasis in bustling Hanoi
Plants, trees and a pond introduce greenery into this cafe in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, designed by local studio Le House as a relaxing place to escape from the city's busy streets. More
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Fruit trees grow from the roofs of Vo Trong Nghia's stripy rammed-earth house
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed a house in Hanoi featuring walls made from different types of rammed earth, and gabled roofs incorporating planters used to grow fruit trees. More
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Ole Scheeren references mountain landscapes in design for Vietnam skyscraper
Architect Ole Scheeren has unveiled plans to build a 333-metre-high skyscraper in Vietnam's largest city, which will mimic the topography of the country's natural landscape. 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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Hanoi cafe features indoor waterfalls, koi-carp ponds and an aquaponics vegetable patch
Behind the scalloped facade of the Koi Cafe in Hanoi, Farming Architects has created a fish pond, an indoor waterfall and a rooftop vegetable patch that exists in a self sustaining eco-system. More
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Vo Trong Nghia incorporates trees into chequerboard facade of Hanoi university building
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed an office building at Hanoi's FPT University, featuring gridded facades that incorporate recessed windows shaded by trees. 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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Nishizawa Architects adds movable walls to multi-family home in southern Vietnam
Nishizawa Architects has replaced the facade and interior walls of this residence in Vietnam's An Giang province with moveable corrugated metal panels to create a "half-outdoors" dwelling for three families. 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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DANstudio adds "green balconies" to facade of Hanoi townhouse
Big shelves create places for displaying pot plants on the facade of this house that DANstudio has completed on the outskirts of the Vietnamese capital. More
