Title: Brief history of Vietnam architecture
Headings: Brief history of Vietnam architecture
Brief history of Vietnam architecture
Vietnam architecture is a composition of both Asian and European style. Its history can be divided into highlight stages, namely ancient architecture, colonial architecture, new architecture, and contemporary architecture.
Vietnam Ancient Architecture
Dalat train station in Vietnam architecture - Source: Image from Wikimedia Commons
Colonial Architecture
Hanoi Opera House - Source: Image from Flickr
New Architecture
Contemporary Architecture
Modern buidings in Vietnam - Source: Image from Wikimedia Commons

Content: Besides, houses’ direction is generally the south (cool breezes blowing in the summer), 2 wings of the house would be east - west direction against solar heat in the morning and in the afternoon. Colonial Architecture
Hanoi Opera House - Source: Image from Flickr
This type of the architecture could be imported from Western countries, along with the arrival of the French into Vietnam in the late 19th - early 20th century. This kind of architecture was developed in parallel with the process of colonial exploitation of the colonialism. Particular characteristics of geographical and climatic conditions are relatively different; as a result, the European-style architecture had to have certain changes in order to harmonize Vietnam’s conditions. New Architecture
This type of the architecture could be formed from the mid-20th century, after the exit of Vietnam's colonial period from the French. Based on different historic conditions, the architecture in the north and the south are also subject certain effects. Contemporary Architecture
Modern buidings in Vietnam - Source: Image from Wikimedia Commons
The development of economy as well as the process of international integration after the renewal period along with the introduction of many different architectural flows into Vietnam formed a new architectural trend.