Angkor Cambodia

Cambodian structural engineering is well known for the sanctuaries and landmarks of Angkor; however the nation is additionally home to a remarkable, and inescapably debilitated, accumulation of present day structures from the 1950's and 60's. Tailing its freedom from France in 1953 to the episode of common war in 1970, Cambodia accomplished a renaissance in building design and expressions of the human experience. The structures of this period now be known as "The New Khmer Architecture". The premier engineer of the time, and creator of some of its finest work, was Vann Molyvann. Mr. Vann, who prepared at the Ecole Des Beaux Arts in the late 1940's and exists in Phnom Penh today, adjusted an advanced vocabulary to Cambodia's society, atmosphere, topography and its vernacular and antiquated structural conventions. Specifically, the structures hoist what we now call "green" advances twofold tops, cross-ventilation, brise-soleils, backhanded lighting, evaporative cooling, utilization of nearby materials—into stunning design structure. The structures are lovely, they work, and are in risk of being lost until the end of tim