Vann Molyvann

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Vann Molyvann was a pioneering Cambodian architect and key figure of the New Khmer Architecture movement, renowned for shaping much of Phnom Penh’s modernist urban landscape in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Vann Molyvann canonical 3
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instanceOf Cambodian architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
architecturalStyle New Khmer Architecture ⓘ
modernism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Cambodia ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-11-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-09-28 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Paris ⓘ
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
employer Royal Government of Cambodia ⓘ
era 20th-century architecture ⓘ
familyName Vann ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
givenName Molyvann ⓘ
linked to: Vann Molyvann
hasPublication Modern Khmer Cities ⓘ
linked to: Khmer architecture
honor Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
influenced Cambodian contemporary architects ⓘ
New Khmer Architecture movement ⓘ
influencedBy Le Corbusier ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ
traditional Khmer architecture ⓘ
knownFor pioneering New Khmer Architecture ⓘ
shaping modernist Phnom Penh in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Khmer ⓘ
movement New Khmer Architecture ⓘ
name Vann Molyvann ⓘ
nationality Cambodian ⓘ
notableWork Chaktomuk Conference Hall ⓘ
Council of Ministers building, Phnom Penh ⓘ
Independence Monument, Phnom Penh ⓘ
Institute of Foreign Languages, Phnom Penh ⓘ
National Sports Complex, Phnom Penh ⓘ
Preah Suramarit National Theatre (demolished) ⓘ
Teacher Training College (now National Institute of Education), Phnom Penh ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ream, Kampot Province, Cambodia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Siem Reap, Cambodia ⓘ
linked to: Siem Reap Province
positionHeld Head of Public Works and State Architecture under Prince Norodom Sihanouk ⓘ
Minister of Culture, Fine Arts and Urban Planning of Cambodia ⓘ
State Architect of Cambodia ⓘ
residence Phnom Penh ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
spouse Trudy Molyvann ⓘ
workedIn Phnom Penh ⓘ

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Independence Monument (Phnom Penh) → architect → Vann Molyvann ⓘ
subject linked to: Independence Monument
Lycée Sisowath → notableAlumni → Vann Molyvann ⓘ
Vann Molyvann → name → Vann Molyvann ⓘ
Vann Molyvann → givenName → Molyvann ⓘ
linked to: Vann Molyvann