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Project / Sep - Oct 2018

FGLA 2019 Merit: VH House

The plot of the house is relatively narrow, 16 metres (length) by 4.1 metres (width), a typical size for local houses. Hanoi’s tube house floor plan is designed to maximise the number of rooms by using 100 per cent of the built-up area. Here, buildings are...

Project / Sep - Oct 2017

Mangrove Tetrapods

We have all seen these giant concrete structures by some beaches. Tetrapods—meaning having four legs in Greek—are those quirky four-pronged armour units designed to protect the coastline by dissipating the force of incoming waves—the water flows...

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Project / 2nd Quarter 2020

FGLA 2020 Award: Forest...

The design brief outlined the construction of a facility for a skincare company that focuses on reviving the ancient science of Ayurveda. Taking the opportunity to marry a practice steeped in tradition with modern aesthetics, the architects...

Project / 2nd Quarter 2020

FGLA 2020 Award: 803 House

The image of a wooden house framed by a concrete structure drove the imagination of the architects. Amidst the dense and packed narrow houses in Ho Chi Minh City, this project stood out with its use of materials and spatial ingenuity. The...

Project / 2nd Quarter 2020

FGLA 2020 Award: The Latlit...

Integrating the built mass with the existing landscapeThe northern edge of the site is populated with a dense neem (Azadirachta indica) tree grove. The planning strategy works around preserving this grove and integrating it into the...

Project / 2nd Quarter 2020

FGLA 2020 Merit: Viettel...

This project celebrates the beauty of brickwork and minimalistic form making — the overall design quality is quintessentially Vo Trong Nghia, with pockets of greenery and trees sprouting from the flat rooftops. Square windows puncturing the seemingly impervious façades allow for light and air, creating interesting interplay of light and...