Vo Trong Nghia is the Principal of VTN Architects, which he founded in 2006. He earned his Architect Degree from Nagoya Institute of Technology in 2002 and received Master Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2004.
He has received numerous international prizes and honors. In 2012, he was selected as the Architect of the Year in Vietnam and also as one of the 2014s Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum. Besides running his architectural practice, he has continued to be involved in architecture at a grassroots level by teaching at Nagoya Institute of Technology, as the Visiting Professor at Hiroshima Institute of Technology in Japan, and also to Singapore University of Technology & Design.
Through a series of the award-winning projects, he has developed the sustainable architectural design by integrating inexpensive, local materials and traditional skills with contemporary aesthetics and modern methodologies. By experimenting with light, wind, and water, and by using natural and local materials, VTN Architects employ a contemporary design vocabulary to explore new ways to create the green architecture for the 21st century, whilst maintaining the essence of Asian architectural expression.