VietNamNet Bridge – Architect Hoang Thuc Hao won the Bui Xuan Phai Award in the Idea Prize category in 2010. He was the first Vietnamese architect to win SIA-Getz Architecture Prize for Emergent Architecture in Asia in 2016, and also the Vassilis Sgoutas Prize by the International Union of Architects (UIA) in 2017.

This year, Hao plans to set up the Ho Guom or Ho Hoan Kiem (Sword Lake or Sword Return Lake) Museum. Bui Xuan Phai Awards is held annually by the Vietnam News Agency’s The Thao & Van Hoa (Sport & Culture) daily. The awards will be announced on August 27.

Hao currently is a lecturer at the National University of Civil Engineering. He has spent 25 years researching and developing architectural projects for the community.

Source: VNS