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04/29/2021

Smart Cities: Starting from a Smart Vision?

Today, Smart City is becoming an urban development trend that has received the attention of many countries and cities as a way of international integration, catching up with the era of technology development 4.0. storm, and especially is expected as an inevitable trend that can help cities combat today's urban development problems such as rapid population growth, pollution, environmental degradation, Global risks including crime, traffic congestion, inefficient services and economic stagnation...

04/17/2021

We need to create a carbon-free society from the lessons of the pandemic

Alexandra Hagen, founder of the White Arkitekter architecture office in Sweden, shared her views on the long-term effects of the Covid-19 epidemic on cities around the world.

10/28/2020

Unique features in the design of embassies - diplomatic missions of countries around the world

The architecture of the embassy always requires a balance between openness and safety. As a representative diplomatic mission of a country, embassies are built in both the center and suburban areas. In the center of the work, the space is designed to convey the value and symbolism of a country with structures that bring a friendly and welcoming feeling to the people. Today, modern embassy projects are often designed to strict safety standards while still featuring the local culture and climate.

10/06/2020

Model of a city in a city in the world

The project of establishing Thu Duc city on the basis of merging districts 2, 9 and Thu Duc. This city is expected to be a grade 1 city directly under Ho Chi Minh City, which means it will be a "city within a city" model that is not yet present in our country's administrative management system. In order for people to better understand this model, DTTC introduces a series of articles by Assoc. NGUYEN MINH HOA, urban expert, who has studied this model in many countries around the world.

09/28/2020

Architectural development in Ho Chi Minh City area

“This is the first seminar interested in architectural development for the whole region, not just in one locality. Today's seminar will create a new interest in the field of architecture for urban and rural development, not only in Ho Chi Minh City but also in other areas." – MSc. Architect Do Thanh Tung - Director of the National Institute of Architecture affirmed at the seminar.

09/23/2020

7 projects with super unique architecture will be completed in 2020

The world is developing more and more, in parallel with that, construction techniques are improved, thereby giving birth to many unique architectural works with thousands of challenges in the construction process.

09/14/2020

Simulation of materials in construction: An essential method for accurate and economical construction

With the great development of information technology, today's architects can shorten the design and construction time. Testing from scratch was no longer necessary because it was both laborious and expensive. Before building or operating a project, by thoroughly researching available information, architects can know how the building works in terms of heat, photovoltaic capacity as well as how much electricity is needed to for cooling/heating.

08/21/2020

Vietnamese project entered the final round of Archdaily's Construction of the Year Award

After a week of nominations, ArchDaily readers voted on 4,000 projects and selected five finalists in each category of the Building of the Year Awards. The authors with the finalist works are the works with the highest number of votes on the ArchDaily.com website. TCKT would like to send to readers a short list of works that have reached the final round of this year's awards.

08/19/2020

Agree to establish Thu Duc City

The Government Office has just announced the conclusion of Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at the meeting on the project of not organizing the People's Council of districts and wards in Ho Chi Minh City and the project of establishing a city (city) under Ho Chi Minh City.

07/27/2020

What makes a great public place?

Public places are spaces for celebrations, exhibitions, trade fairs, meeting friends and community cultural activities; It could also be libraries, schools or local government offices.