Tag Vo Trong Nghia

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.

24-09-2014

Rebel Architecture, the TV series on Al Jazeera English focusing on architecture

Rebel Architecture – the series that TV broadcaster, Al Jazeera English has dedicated to architecture and architects right out of the star system loop. Precious proof of how important architecture can be in driving social change.

18-08-2014

Al Jazeera English, “Rebel Architecture”. Vo Trong Nghia by Nick Ahlmark.

Al Jazeera English is dedicating a TV documentary series to rebel architecture.

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.

12-01-2011

Bamboo Pavilion – sustainable architecture for Shanghai 2010

The Vietnam pavilion built by architect Vo Trong Nghia for Expo Shanghai 2010 is an ecological, economical construction. The material employed, bamboo, is a renewable resource found everywhere in southern Asia.

29-12-2010

Water and Wind Bar - bamboo and architecture

This work by architect Vo Trong Nghia is an ecological building in which contemporary forms are produced without altering the building’s natural surroundings, using traditional local materials (bamboo) and techniques.