Educated Guesses on Architecture

Hooters Girls Remember 9/11 (by HootersRestaurants)

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:11:06 -0400

Hooters Girls Remember 9/11 (by HootersRestaurants)

Chinese association and school, Battambang, Cambodia.

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:05:05 -0400

Chinese association and school, Battambang, Cambodia.

1930s, colonial era Phsar Nat, designed by Jean...

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 08:00:05 -0400

1930s, colonial era Phsar Nat, designed by Jean Desbois.

Battambang, Cambodia.

1st floor of colonial-era shop house. Battambang, Cambodia.

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:00:06 -0400

1st floor of colonial-era shop house. Battambang, Cambodia.

Traditional Khmer house in wood. Battambang, Cambodia.

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 08:00:05 -0400

Traditional Khmer house in wood. Battambang, Cambodia.

(1930’s era?) Clinic. Battambang, Cambodia.

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:42:05 -0400

(1930’s era?) Clinic. Battambang, Cambodia.

‘New Khmer’ style guesthouse, Kampong Cham,...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:00:05 -0400

‘New Khmer’ style guesthouse, Kampong Cham, Cambodia.

7 makara market, Kampong Cham, Cambodia

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:22:06 -0400

7 makara market, Kampong Cham, Cambodia

(Non-functioning) clock, interior of 7 makara market, Kampong...

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:00:05 -0400

(Non-functioning) clock, interior of 7 makara market, Kampong Cham, Cambodia.

The legacy of French colonial architecture is Southeast Asia mostly centers around the picturesque chauteaux and Art Nouveau monuments. Much less celebrated is the smaller, later buildings. Dating from the 1920s and 1930s, many have a streamlined design and are built in concrete, although still have some decorative flourishes that double as ventilation trellises etc. the Central Market in Phnom Penh is probably the best know example (and best preserved, thanks to its recent ADF funded renovation), but many small cities in Cambodia still feature, and use, these relics.

Brutalist concrete apartment building, Ho Chi Min City,...

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:05:06 -0400

Brutalist concrete apartment building, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam

Ho Chi Min City has a wealth of interesting modernist concrete buildings, particularly shop house style residential structures and industrial/public buildings. I presume that like Cambodia, this material was introduced by the French in the late 20s and 30s, when they abandoned the Napoleon III style fluffiness for streamlined deco and finally cold, hard modernism. This style doesn’t get much love now-a-days, but its impossible to deny that many of these buildings are still in remarkable shape.

Golden stupa,Wat Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand A stupa (from...

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:00:06 -0400

Golden stupa,Wat Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand

A stupa (from Sanskrit: m., स्तूप, stūpa, Pāli: थुप “thūpa”, literally meaning “heap”) is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship.

Shophouse porch, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:06:06 -0400

Shophouse porch, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam

Chiang Mai University (CMU), Chiang Mai, Thailand Chiang Mai...

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:00:06 -0400

Chiang Mai University (CMU), Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai University (CMU) (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) is a public research university in northern Thailand founded in 1964^[1] with a strong emphasis on engineering, scientific, and agriculture. Its instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing education offered through resident instruction. Its main campus lies between Chiang Mai downtown and Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province.

Traditional wooden Khmer home (here a monk’s residence)....

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:37:50 -0400

Traditional wooden Khmer home (here a monk’s residence). Kandal Province, Cambodia.

Renovated 1960s government building, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Mon, 16 May 2011 08:00:06 -0400

Renovated 1960s government building, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Renovated 1960s era villa with Angkor Wat-style relief, Phnom...

Sun, 15 May 2011 16:05:05 -0400

Renovated 1960s era villa with Angkor Wat-style relief, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

1960’s Concrete villa, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sun, 15 May 2011 08:00:06 -0400

1960’s Concrete villa, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

1960s concrete villa, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Sat, 14 May 2011 16:00:06 -0400

1960s concrete villa, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Vihara of recently built Wat complex, with Angkorian era temple...

Thu, 12 May 2011 17:10:05 -0400

Vihara of recently built Wat complex, with Angkorian era temple in center. Tonle Bati, Cambodia.

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Wed, 11 May 2011 16:00:06 -0400