Midcentury Modernist Architecture

The Da Nang General Science Library stands out with its curved, layered facade and concrete fins that shield the interior from the intense coastal sun. Built during the mid-seventies, this structure replaced the older library that sat on…

The Vietnam Post building on Tran Phu Street features a distinct, pale yellow facade and deep, shaded balconies that wrap around its corners. Built in the late nineteen thirties during the French colonial period, it served as a central hub…

A narrow four-story townhouse with a deep, cantilevered concrete balcony sits on this corner. The facade wears a decorative screen of white geometric breeze blocks, typical of the construction boom in nineteen sixties South Vietnam. These…

The Trung Vuong Theater wears a distinctive, sweeping concrete roof that arches like a giant fan over the facade. Built in the late nineteen sixties, this performance hall anchored the cultural life of Da Nang during years of upheaval.…

A narrow three-story townhouse stands here with a facade defined by uniform rows of square geometric breeze blocks. These concrete lattices were a signature of Da Nang’s nineteen sixties residential boom, designed to allow coastal breezes…

The cream colored facade of Phan Chau Trinh High School faces the street with rows of tall, arched windows and an expansive, tiled roofline. Originally founded as a French colonial school in nineteen thirty-three, it served as a primary…

The Hội Thánh Tin Lành Đà Nẵng features a distinctive, bright yellow facade topped by a sharp, pointed spire that rises above the surrounding neighborhood of Tân Chính. This church stands as the central hub for the Protestant community in…