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Architect Ngô Viết Thụ

A public fact sheet on one of the important figures of Vietnamese modern architecture, prepared within the NVT100 · 1926–2026 context.

Quick answer

Architect Ngô Viết Thụ is one of the important figures of 20th-century Vietnamese modern architecture. Within NVT100, he is introduced through milestones such as the 1955 Grand Prix de Rome, Independence Palace, and contributions to spatial thinking, climate response, symbolism, and public life. This page is a concise reference point, not a complete archive.

01 — READING FRAME

A way to read Vietnamese modern architecture

Within NVT100, Ngô Viết Thụ’s legacy is approached through the relationship between structure, climate, proportion, symbolism, tradition, and public life. This frame places his work in a broader context: Vietnamese modern architecture is not only the reception of international forms, but also a process of adaptation to culture, city, and local conditions.

STRUCTURE & CLIMATE

The organization of space, light, ventilation, material, and structural systems within specific climatic conditions.

SYMBOLISM & PUBLIC LIFE

How architecture participates in urban memory, social ceremony, and the cultural language of a community.

02 — WORKS

Selected works

This page introduces selected works and reference materials associated with Architect Ngô Viết Thụ within NVT100. A detailed catalogue requires further verification, source review, and public-release conditions.

03 — TIMELINE

Reference milestones

Selected milestones for reading Architect Ngô Viết Thụ’s trajectory within the NVT100 context. Deeper academic details should be verified and published through separate specialist materials.

1926 — HUẾ
Beginning

Ngô Viết Thụ was born in Huế, a place with deep artistic, landscape, and cultural memory.

1955 — GRAND PRIX DE ROME
International milestone

Within NVT100 materials, 1955 is presented as the year Ngô Viết Thụ received the Grand Prix de Rome in architecture, marking an international point in his career.

Illustrative image for the 1955 Grand Prix de Rome milestone within NVT100
1961–1966 — SAIGON
Independence Palace

Project materials associate this period with Independence Palace, the building that becomes the spatial focus of NVT100 on 17.09.2026.

2026 — NVT100
Centenary

NVT100 opens a public platform connecting reference materials, the flagship event, creative competition, press, documents, and presence pathways related to Ngô Viết Thụ’s legacy.

Contact us about related materials

If you hold images, document copies, footage, notes, or memories related to works associated with Architect Ngô Viết Thụ, please contact the organizing team. Any material must be discussed in terms of source, usage rights, public-release conditions, and appropriate attribution before public use.

NVT100 · Bách niên KTS. Ngô Viết Thụ · 1926–2026