Vietnamese architect wins British award

VietNamNet Bridge - The work titled "House for Trees" from the Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd has won the AR House Awards 2014 in the UK, for the world’s best one-off house, over hundreds of other works submitted from around the world.

Architect Vo Trong Nghia (right) receives the award from the organizer in London.

The AR House Awards is an internationally renowned architecture award granted annually by Architectural Review for the best architectural work of the year.

Architect Vo Trong Nghia’s "House for Trees" won the prize for its response to the problem of urban pollution and lack of trees in big crowded cities like Saigon and Hanoi.

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

The house includes five separate prismatic blocks, each of which contains a tree planted on its roof. The design beat hundreds of other buildings 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's Tan Binh District and was the first of its kind in Vietnam built with a bamboo framework.

This was also the first work in Vietnam using bamboo-reinforced concrete.

Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd. won another international award from Wallpaper magazine in the UK and an award from ArchDaily in the US for his "Binh Thanh House".

The "House For Trees" from Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd: