127-year-old asylum wall found in Singapore
A forgotten wall to a lunatic asylum has been discovered in Singapore, dated to 1887. Lunatic asylum wall in Singapore. ...
Tag: architecture
Posts related to all forms of Southeast Asian architecture including buildings, structures, ruins and built heritage in relation to archaeology.
See also: colonial buildings
1,000-year-old Hanoi pagoda restored
The Tram Gian Pagoda in Hanoi has been successfully restored, after mistakenly dismantled in 2012. Ha Noi restores dismantled ancient ...
Temples in the My Son complex sinking
Recent floods at the My Son world heritage site in Central Vietnam have caused cracks to appear in some of ...
US helps fund Philippine church restoration
The US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation has donation $300,000 for the restoration of the 400-year-old church of the Immaculate ...
Philippine national commission release report on Bohol structures damaged by quake
The National Historical Commission of the Philippines launched a report on the damage to historic buildings caused by last year's ...
Wooden bridge of Kanchanaburi reopens
The second longest wood bridge in the world, Saphan Mon in Thailand's Kanchanaburi province, reopens last weekend after repairs, having ...
New Zealand tourist wanted for Bayon vandalism
A New Zealand tourist is wanted for questioning in connection with a broken Buddha statue in the Bayon. The tourist ...
Fort Tanjong Katong, 10 years on
A web feature on the Fort Tanjong Katong excavation in Singapore, featuring an interview with Lim Chen Sian of the ...
BBC Documentary on Angkor
Last week the BBC broadcast its documentary Jungle Atlantis, featuring some of my colleagues working in Angkor. The focus was ...
The Khmer temples of Laos
A travel piece on Wat Phu in Laos and some other Buddhist temples in Pakse.
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