Architecture of happiness

Hoàng Thúc Hào

Practice

Architecture led by people and place.

Hoang Thuc Hao works with rural communities, local materials, cultural memory, and ecological knowledge. The studio 1+1>2 Architects was founded in 2003.

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Selected works

Community architecture as cultural infrastructure.

Aerial view of Cam Thanh Community House surrounded by landscape

2015 Cam Thanh Community House A training and cultural space for climate response, farming knowledge, and community events.

Suoi Re Village Community House among green rural landscape

2010 Suoi Re Village Community House A layered community house using local materials, climate response, and shared village programs.

Ta Phin Community House with mountain context and red roof form

2012 Ta Phin Community House A multi-purpose community space inspired by Dao culture, medicinal plants, and mountain rhythm.

2016

SIA-GETZ Award for Outstanding Architect in Asia.

2017

Vassilis Sgoutas Prize for implemented architecture serving the impoverished.

2023

Robert Matthew Prize for Sustainable and Humane Environments.