I F Y O U W E R E
Bill Bensley The Amer ican archi tect of the Legacy Yen Tu and the Hôtel de la Coupole Sapa, in Vietnam, l ikes transmission: “At the Legacy Yen Tu, the mater ials and spi r i t recal l the moment in Vietnam’s histor y in the 19th centur y when the king lef t the throne to embrace Buddhism.” Conversely, the Hotel de la Coupole plays on “more is more” wi th the homage paid to the mark that tradi t ional Indochinese clothing lef t on Par isian Haute Couture at i ts beginnings.
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AN ICONIC DESIGN OBJECT
A loom because it symbolizes what I do daily: bring together weavers with threads from the whole world in one project to weave a-one-of-a kind hotel story.
A BUILDING
AN EVERYDAY OBJECT
The Angkor Thom temple in Siem Reap Cambodia. It is smaller than the main temple, exquisite in its magnificent illustrations of the Jayavarman’s life.
A low cost and high tech water filter, so that I can contribute to the distribution of drinkable water all over Cambodia and beyond.
AN ARCHITECTURAL PERIOD
The Sukothai era, the sumptuous cradle of the birth of Thai culture. Thailand has been my country for 35 years.
A LANDSCAPE
The cardamom forest in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia; that way I can protect the wildlife, the elephants and the trees.
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