ARCHITECTURE Ait ta-fbmuiL notebook of ajucuble city

civil architect - Ha^uot - oslo

Science and Technics Publishing House CONTENTS Page

Preface 7 Acknowledgements 8 Hanoi soon a thousand years 9

1. THE JUMBLE CITY 13 Contemporary architecture in Hanoi 15 A positive chaos? Wild architecture without architects. 16

DISTRICTS OF HANOI 1 7

2. HOAN KIEM DISTRICT - A 19

Al - Ngoc Son Temple 20 A2 - Thuy Ta Cafe & Restaurant 22 A3 - St Joseph's Cathedral 24 A4 - Government Guesthouse 26 A5 - State Bank of 28 A6 - Sofitel Metropole Hanoi 30

A7 - 32 A8 - 34 A9 - History Museum 36 A10 - Quan Su 38 Al 1 - Cultural Friendship Palace 40

3. THE ANCIENT QUARTER OF HANOI 42

Al 2 - Hang Be 47 Al 3 - Typical Tube Houses 48 Al 4 - Tube House Ngo Phat Loc 49

4. BA DINH DISTRICT - B 50

Bl - One-Pillar Pagoda 52 B2 - Ho Chi Minn Museum 54

B3 - Mausoleum

B4 - Presidential Palace 56 B5 - Ho Chi Minh House on Stilts 58 B6 - Giang Vo Collective Dwellings 60 B7 - Well-off Family Flat at Giang Vo 62 B8 - Quan Thanh Temple 64

05 5. TAY HO DISTRICT - C 66

CI - Tran Quoc Pagoda 68

C2 - Thang Loi Hotel 70

C3 - Hai San Ngon 72

C4 - Intercontinental Hanoi Hotel 74

C5 - Kim Lien Pagoda 76 C6 - Sapodilar House 78

C7 - Sen Restaurant 80

6. CAU CIAY DISTRICT - D 82

Dl - Windy House 84

D2 - National Convention Center 86

D3 - Museum of Ethnology 88

7. DONG DA DISTRICT - E 90

El - Temple of Literature 92

E2 - Museum of Fine Arts 94

E3 - Trung Tu Collective Dwellings 96

E4 - Petro Vietnam Headquarters 98

8. HAI BA TRUNG DISTRICT - F 100

Fl - Hai Ba Trung Temple 102

F2 - Reunification Park 104

9. OUTSKIRTS OF HANOI 106

But Thap Pagoda 106 Dinh Bang Dinh 107 107 Thay Pagoda 108 Tay Phuong Pagoda 109 Phu Thanh Chuong 110

10. MOSAIC 111

POSTSRIPT 115

Sources and Bibliography 119 Photographs and illustrations Some Vietnamese words

This book was written before August 2008 and does not concern the newly expanded Hanoi

06