Ngo Viet Thu
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Ngô Viết Thụ (1926–2000) was a Vietnamese architect, who designed the Independence Palace (also known as the Presidential Palace, 1961–1966, later renamed Reunification Palace, April 30, 1975) in Saigon.
He won the First Grand Prize of Rome (Grand Prix de Rome) in 1955, the highest recognition of the Beaux-Arts school in Paris, and was then sponsored by the Academy of France to conduct research of architecture and urban planning at the Villa Medicis (Rome) from 1955 to 1958.
In 1962, he was the first Asian architect to become Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (together with J.H. Van den Broek, Arne Jacobsen, Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Hector Mestre, Amancio Williams, Hernan Larrain-Errazuriz, Emilio Duhart H., Jerzy Hryniewiecki, and John B. Parkin)
Beside being perhaps the best-known architect in Vietnam, he was also an innovative painter. Two of his most famous paintings were "National Landscape" (displayed at the main dining room of the Reunification Palace) and "Speed" (private collection).
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- Ngo Viet Thu Career and works of architect Ngo Viet Thu (Dr Nam-Son Ngo-Viet) [PDF]
