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100 years of Ngô Viết Thụ
17 September 1926 - 17 September 2026.
Centenary programme · 17 September 2026
NVT100 Event
An exhibition, workshop, award ceremony and panel discussion for the competition on the modern architectural heritage of Ngô Viết Thụ.
08:00–18:00 · Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture
Three milestones meet
One person, one profession, one school
17 September 2026 marks the centenary of Ngô Viết Thụ’s birth. The programme also sits within one hundred years of architectural education in Vietnam since 1926 and approaches the university’s fiftieth anniversary.
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100 years of architectural education
A Vietnamese architectural education tradition dating from 1926.
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50 years of one school
Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture approaches its 1976–2026 anniversary.
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100 selected works
Sketching, painting and photography concerning works by Ngô Viết Thụ.
Programme
From exhibition to discussion
08:00–18:00
Exhibition
One hundred selected works; open admission.
14:00–15:30
Sketching workshop
With Urban Sketchers Vietnam artists; advance registration required.
15:30–18:00
Awards & panel discussion
“Recording heritage - Sketching, painting and photography before Vietnamese modern architecture”.
Programme perspective
Observation as preservation
“For today’s generation to draw and photograph these buildings is the most living form of preservation.”
“Every sketch is an occasion to slow down and observe.”
SOURCE
Updated documents
Sources: Event Information issued on 17 August 2026; “Table A Results: Sketching & Painting”; and the awards, panel and exhibition notice supplied by the organizers.