155 Bui Vien
Located along Bui Vien walking street, a crowded place and also a famous cultural tourist spot in Ho Chi Minh City, the building is one of the oldest residential apartments that was built before 1975. It accommodates 80 households with a ground floor, a terrace and six floors. It has a reinforced concrete structure with a floor area of over 4,000 sqm. Sandwiched in between narrow tube houses, the building stands out as a mid-century modernist building as one walks through a valley of malignant infrastructure and sheer cement walls down the street. The facade of the building is characterised by a strong horizontal element, achieved by bands of framed windows and doors that is set back and shaded by a continuous reinforced concrete sun shading and balconies. As such, it stands out as an object due to its modernist characteristics including its curved edge from its front elevation towards its West elevation.