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Techo International Airport Cambodia / Foster + Partners

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:00:00 +0000

An inaugural ceremony marked the official opening of Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh. Designed by Foster + Partners, the new terminal building embodies Cambodia's long-term vision for growth. It evokes a strong sense of place, drawing inspiration from one of the oldest civilizations on earth, inspired by its vernacular forms, and responsive to the tropical climate.

Techo International Airport by Foster + Partners Opens in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Reyyan Dogan — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:30:00 +0000

Foster + Partners has completed the Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, marking a new chapter in the nation's vision for sustainable growth and improved regional connectivity. Situated 20 kilometers south of the city center, the airport's terminal building spans 235,500 square meters and forms the centerpiece of a 24-square-kilometer master plan. Drawing inspiration from Cambodia's vernacular architecture and tropical landscape, the design integrates cultural references and environmental responsiveness to create a contemporary yet contextually rooted gateway for international travel. The first phase, including the head house and northern pier, opened to the public in 2025, while the southern pier is scheduled for completion by 2030.

Phum Sambo Café & Eatery / Khoan + Partners

Miwa Negoro — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Renovation with Reverence: Giving Life to Structure – When we first encountered the building, it was an unfinished concrete frame, purely utilitarian, with strong geometry and great potential, but cold and disconnected from its surroundings. This project represents a thoughtful renovation of an existing unfinished concrete structure, a bold but raw framework that once stood as a purely functional form. Rather than demolish or obscure what was already there, the architectural approach was rooted in respect: a design process centered on adaptation, enhancement, and restraint. The result is a carefully orchestrated transformation that brings the original structure into a new life, one that is deeply connected to nature, climate, and human comfort.

The 25 Most Anticipated Projects of 2025

Nour Fakharany — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000

As 2024 comes to an end, the architectural world looks ahead to 2025, a year set to unveil transformative projects across the globe. From cultural landmarks in Asia, such as Sou Fujimoto's "Grand Ring" for Expo 2025 Osaka and MAD Architects' Hainan Science Museum in China, to dynamic urban developments like OMA's Harajuku Quest in Tokyo and David Chipperfield's Elbtower in Hamburg, these projects reflect a commitment to innovation, sustainability, and preserving cultural heritage.

Small Houses / Bloom Architecture

Hana Abdel — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 23:00:00 +0000

Bloom designed this collection of 3 small houses in 2019, with the aim to create a surprising green environment, a haven in disconnection from one of the most dynamic streets of Phnom Penh. Inside a colonial residential block, the project creates a sense of place by turning the challenge of accessing through a narrow alleyway into the opportunity to create a small residential community. It was critical to keep a village scale, a unique feature in the city center of Phnom Penh, hence the shapes of the houses were inspired by the preexisting vernacular wooden Cambodian houses sitting there.

Zuellig Pharma Headquarters / Bloom Architecture

Hana Abdel — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 20:00:00 +0000

From Industrial Warehouse to Creative Office Space - It is tempting to consider an abandoned warehouse as somewhat of a blank canvas. However, to efficiently transform a structure that is designed for the practicalities of storage and distribution into a creative and comfortable workplace presents more restrictions than one might expect.

Foster + Partners Reveals the Techo International Airport in Cambodia, Currently Under Construction

Maria-Cristina Florian — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 06:30:00 +0000

Construction is underway at the new Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, designed by Foster + Partners. The project, located 20 kilometers from Cambodia’s capital city, draws inspiration from the vernacular architecture that defines the area, searching to provide adequate design solutions in response to the tropical climate. The commission, which was won following an international competition, includes the master plan for a new airport city in addition to the new terminal building.

South Field School / Bloom Architecture

Hana Abdel — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Bloom Designs a School to Soothe the Mind of 1500 Cambodian Students in Phnom Penh - This 43 classrooms school was commissioned to Bloom in 2019 by the French Nongovernmental Organization “pour un sourire d’enfant” (PSE) to structure and modernize a campus of 7000 students. PSE is a NGO started shortly after Cambodia reopened its border in 1995 in the aim of providing Cambodian kids living in the dump of Steung Meanchey a chance at education. Since recent times the campus faces issues linked to a rapid development of its surroundings. The escalating real estate prices is causing the necessity for more efficient land use while the lack of storm water management in the surrounding is provoking recurrent floodings. Bloom was commissioned to develop a scalable strategy to densify the campus to an acceptable maximum.

Pizza 4p’s Restaurant Phnom Penh / Bloom Architecture

Andreas Luco — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 02:00:00 +0000

This innovative and conscious concept demonstrates the role of creatives such as BLOOM to turn a challenge of today in Southeast Asia - the plastic polluting our environment - to become a source of happiness for tomorrow - louvers for the brand-new flagship restaurant for PIZZA 4P’S.

Coconut Club & Park Cambodia / T3 ARCHITECTS

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 01:00:00 +0000

T3 Architects designed the Master Plan of the Coconut Club Recreational Park located in Phnom Penh, dedicated to kids, teenagers and families. T3 also designed the main building proposing different activities around hospitality, entertainment and wellness: organic restaurant, river view bar, spa, kids club, event area. All around the building, the idea is to create outdoor activities like bicycle tour, water games area, slides through tropical plants, observation tower.

Beyond Angkor Wat: Cambodia's New Cultural Architecture

Eric Baldwin — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 05:30:00 +0000

The Kingdom of Cambodia has a rich history of Khmer architecture. Built from the latter half of the 8th century to the first half of the 15th century, these structures are embodied by the iconic Angkor Wat temple complex. But new architecture is being built throughout Cambodia, projects that reinterpret culture and tradition to create modern spaces for contemporary life.

Neeson Cripps Academy / COOKFOX Architects

Rayen Sagredo — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 23:00:00 +0000

The Neeson Cripps Academy is a school for secondary education in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, built for the Cambodian Children's Fund. Located in a neighborhood of extreme poverty adjacent to the site of the former Steung Meanchey garbage dump, the school provides high-quality education to 400 of the city's most disadvantaged children, aged 13-18, with a robust English-language program, STEAM curriculum, and globally-connected learning.

Neeson Cripps Academy / COOKFOX Architects

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

TAMASA / Naoya Kawabe Architect & Associates

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:00:00 +0000

This serviced apartment and hotel in the suburbs of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, sits between Phnom Penh International Airport and the city’s downtown, in an area frequented primarily by foreign tourists and business travelers. In typical service apartments, shared spaces are fully separated from private living spaces, but in this project the client anticipated that people of many different nationalities would be using the facility, and therefore requested that the living spaces be as open as possible to the public spaces in order to create an environment that encourages casual interactions within the course of everyday life.

COOKFOX Begins Construction on the Neeson Cripps Academy in Cambodia

Sabrina Santos — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 08:00:34 +0000

COOKFOX Architects has recently begun construction on The Neeson Cripps Academy, a high-tech and sustainable school to be built in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as a gift from Velcro Companies to the Cambodian Children’s Fund.

Sleuk Rith Institute / Zaha Hadid Architects

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled their design for the Sleuk Rith Institute in Phnom Penh. The highly-anticipated project, commissioned by the Documentation Center of Cambodia’s (DC-Cam), will serve as Cambodia’s go-to archive for Khmer Rouge history and a leading center for genocide studies in Asia.

Zaha Hadid to Design Sleuk Rith Institute in Cambodia

Karissa Rosenfield — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The Documentation Center of Cambodia’s (DC-Cam) has commissioned Zaha Hadid to design the much-anticipated genocide studies institute in Phnom Penh. The new campus, known as the Sleuk Rith Institute, will serve as an extension of DC-Cam’s work as the country’s go-to archive for Khmer Rouge history as well as a leading center for genocide studies in Asia. Within a modest campus, the institute will house a “cross-section of pursuits,” including a genocide studies center, a school, a museum for memorial and education purposes, and more.