Architecture

The gallery’s fine art photos showcase the diversity of Vietnamese architecture, highlighting its traditional roots and external influences. Traditional architecture, shaped by Chinese geomancy principles, includes various forms such as houses, pagodas, temples, communal houses, and citadels. During a A Franco-Vietnamese style emerged, characterized by Western-style administrative buildings, hotels, theaters, and churches, featuring French decorative elements. The modernist movement began in the 1940s, reaching its peak in the 1960s with the construction of the Independence Palace in Saigon. Today, the skyline is dominated by skyscrapers, reflecting urban trends in Asian megacities.