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Vietnam wins global architecture award

The “House for trees” architecture project, an initiative of Vietnam’s Vo Trong Nghia company, has won the AR House Awards, an annual prize given by the UK’s Architectural Review for the world’s best one-off house.
The “House for trees” architecture project, an initiative of Vietnam’sVo Trong Nghia company, has won the AR House Awards, an annual prizegiven by the UK’s Architectural Review for the world’s best one-offhouse.

As Vietnamese city dwellers struggle tosqueeze potted plants into their homes, architect Vo Trong Nghia decidedto build a house that functions as a series of pots for trees.

The house includes five separate prismatic blocks, each of whichcontains a tree planted on its roof. The design beat hundreds of otherbuildings for the award.

Its design offers an inspiring solution to the city's growing pollution and shortage of green space.

It was completed this year, on 350 square meters in Ho Chi Minh City'sTan Binh District and was the first of its kind in Vietnam built with abamboo framework.-VNA
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