Hanoi's street-front houses lack coherent design and consistency: architects

A row of street-front houses on the central Hang Dao Street of Hanoi. — hanoimoi.com.vn

HANOI (Vietnam News/Asia News Network): As Hanoi’s urban landscape develops in accordance with rapid urbanisation, architects are raising concerns about design incoherence of street-front houses and the need for better planning in the capital.

Pham Hoang Phuong, an architect at the Vietnam Institute of Architecture, said street-front houses were constantly renewed and renovated in accordance with the different eras of the city’s development.