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Everyday Heritage: 10 Vietnamese Coffee Shops Reviving Small-Scale Traditional Buildings

To fully know a city's architectural heritage, one must look beyond its designated sites and iconic buildings. For many, understanding a city's urban fabric and what makes it tick also means discovering the smaller-scale, locally appreciated, conserved buildings and popular gathering spaces. This is especially true when considering bustling Vietnamese cities, with their peculiar architectural characteristics, which can only be appreciated when learning about their many inspirations and historic layers, combining traditional Vietnamese motifs, modernism, local materiality, and climatic design solutions, but mostly by learning about the site constraints that are addressed through the implementation of the narrow tube houses and low-rise buildings.

These key styles and architectural movements are often maintained and even highlighted, as architects give a second life to many rundown or abandoned buildings, transforming them into popular coffee joints. They are reviving smaller heritage sites by pushing for their restoration and regular use by the community, encouraging visitors to acknowledge the historic relevance of the space, as they covet it. 

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Crystal House / ARO studio

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  • Architects: ARO studio
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  80
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2025

Vertical Tube House - Kam and Ly House / HGAA + Jieun Jun + naïve practice + Taewon Park

Vertical Tube House - Kam and Ly House / HGAA + Jieun Jun + naïve practice + Taewon Park - More Images+ 31

  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  320
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2025
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Artsteel, GiaLong

Nha Xuan Tay Residence / G+ Architects

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Xuân Tây, Vietnam

CieL Dining / Eigh-T Architects

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  • Architects: Eigh-T Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  600
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024

KHO REN house / M+TRO.studio

KHO REN house / M+TRO.studio - Houses
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  • Architects: M+TRO studio
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  260
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Eurotile, TOTO LTD., Xingfa Aluminium

Rhythm of the Wood Restaurant / MAS Architects

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Lei Ơi Cà Phê / TRAN TRUNG Architects

Lei Ơi Cà Phê  / TRAN TRUNG Architects - Coffee Shop
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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  96
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  INAX, Vicostone Quartz Surfaces, Vietceramics
  • Professionals: Bap's Garden

Dinh House Village / H2

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Huu Bang, Vietnam
  • Architects: H2
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  500
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Croled, Gia Long, JSC, THẢO STEEL, Trung Hai IOT, +1
  • Professionals: Studio BAVI

Phong House / Dom Architect Studio

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ROTATING House / AD+studio

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Da Nang, Vietnam
  • Architects: AD+studio
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  300
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2022

HY House / TRAN TRUNG Architects

HY House / TRAN TRUNG Architects - Exterior Photography, Houses, Courtyard, Facade, Door
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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  100
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  INAX, Vicostone Quartz Surfaces, Vietceramics
  • Professionals: Bap's Garden