The White Building at Front du Bassac – A symbol of Cambodia’s complex relationship to architectural modernism

Upon gaining independence from French Indochina in 1953, Phnom Penh became the dominant urban area in Cambodia, from where the country’s political and economic  fortunes were controlled. The increase in the city’s importance was accompanied by a rapid increase in its population, which went from around 270,000 in 1955 to 464,000 some  ten years later.

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