There seems to be a current tendency in house architecture in Ho Chi Minh City to mix modernist and historicist styles. This house in District 7 of HCMC exhibits this pull from a strong modernist statement towards the addition of... Read more →
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January 2007
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22 January 2007
Back in Ho Chi Minh City
We are back in Viet Nam -- have been for 10 days now. I am very happy to be back in HCMC, where I am much more relaxed. It is not that I wasn't happy at home -- I was... Read more →
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09 January 2007
HCMC House 8
Most modernist houses in Ho Chi Minh City are not as experimental as those pictured in HCMC House 6 and House 7. This house is much more typical in its modernist restraint. This house exemplifies the normal modernist approach to... Read more →
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05 January 2007
A couple of differences between Viet Nam and the USA
In the three weeks I have been back in the USA, I have racked up 39 credit card transactions (Christmas shopping plus road trip). For the previous ten months in Vietnam, I had two transactions. Credit cards are still not... Read more →
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02 January 2007
HCMC House 7
This house in the Phu Nhuan District of TP. Hồ Chí Minh is akin to House 6 in its experimentation. Unlike House 6, it is fairly well resolved -- the diagonals are a consistent part of the composition, and relate... Read more →
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