Concrete Battleground – Two Western architects in Myanmar

When Burma (today Myanmar) gained independence in January 1948, Rangoon (today  Yangon) was still reeling from the destruction and chaos of the Second World War.¹  Bombing raids by the Japanese in 1941 and 1942 (before they captured the city) as well  as lawlessness and looting ahead of the Allied re-capture in 1944 had permanently  changed the face of the city.

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