Ho Chi Minh City: The Latest Architecture and News

Known for their work in adding greenery to the cities of Vietnam, Vo Trong Nghia Architects have unveiled their latest set of condominiums for Ho Chi Minh City – three towers covered in bamboo. Located 3.5km from the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, their project “Diamond Lotus” has enough units for 720 families, with a total floor space of 67,240 square meters across its three buildings. Read more about this project after the break.

Vo Trong Nghia Architects has begun work on FPT University Ho Chi Minh City, a building set to begin a renewal of the natural landscape previously destroyed by mass development. In the city of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, only 0.25% of the city is covered in greenery, contributing to environmental stress on its infrastructure - frequent energy shortages, increased pollution, and rising temperatures are more common as the city grows. Read more after the break

Atkins has broke ground on a 460-meter skyscraper in Vietnam that is set to be country's tallest. The 81-story development, Vincom Landmark 81 will rise in Ho Chi Minh City's Vinhomes Central Park, near the Saigon River, as a cluster of 25 extruded cubes capped with roof gardens. It will be comprised of serviced apartments, a hotel and retail anchored by a large shopping center and landscaped corridor.

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• Architects

  VTN Architects

• Location

  Đồng Nai, Vietnam

• Principal Architects

  Vo Trong Nghia, Takashi Niwa, Masaaki Iwamoto

• Project Team

  Tran Thi Hang, Kuniko Onishi

• Area

  3800.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Hiroyuki Oki

• Location

  Đồng Nai, Vietnam

• Project Year

  2013

• Photographs

  Hiroyuki Oki

• Area

  3800.0 m2

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