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During the 1960s Phnom Penh with its many buildings in the style of New Khmer Architecture, was called the 'Pearl of the East'. During a visit to the city in the 1960s, Lee Kuan Yew , Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, was so impressed he expressed his desire for Singapore to develop along similar lines.
Vann Molyvann [1] (Khmer: វណ្ណ ម៉ូលីវណ្ណ; 23 November 1926 – 28 September 2017) was a Cambodian architect and urban planner.Molyvann is best known as pioneering the style known as New Khmer Architecture, which combined modernism and Khmer tradition, and accounted for the country's unique environment and irrigation needs.
[1] [2] Evolved from Indian influences, Khmer architecture became clearly distinct from that of the Indian sub-continent as it developed its own special characteristics, some of which were created independently and others of which were incorporated from neighboring cultural traditions, resulting in a new artistic style in Asian architecture ...
The hall combines traditional Khmer elements with modern structural design. The design behind this structure was created by Vann Molyvann, one of the major practitioners of New Khmer Architecture. To bring out the culture he was raised in, the building was designed as a concrete structure radiating in a fan, made to represent a palm leaf.
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The church, considered "very original" by others missionaries at the time, [3] makes an innovative use of reinforced concrete typical of the New Khmer architecture. Since the late 1950, Vann Molyvann had been using A-frame prototypes to rethink Khmer Architecture.
Chauchon was the first to import the new modernist architectural style to Cambodia at a time when there were no Khmer architects. His architectural style shaped the development of Phnom Penh, [10] and strongly influenced the first Khmer architect, Vann Molyvann, who integrated Chauchon's style into New Khmer Architecture. [11]