| LC control no. | no 00003007 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Molyvann, Vann |
| Variant(s) | Vann Molyvann |
| Associated country | Cambodia Switzerland |
| Birth date | 1926-11-23 |
| Death date | 2017-09-28 |
| Place of birth | Kâmpôt (Cambodia : Province) |
| Field of activity | Cultural policy Regional planning City planning Architecture Historic preservation |
| Affiliation | United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation Autorité pour la protection du site et l'aménagement de la region d'Angkor |
| Profession or occupation | Cabinet officers Architects City planners |
| Found in | Angkor, a manual for the past, present, and future, 1998: t.p. verso (Vann Molyvann, Minister of State for Culture and Fine Arts, Territorial Management, Urban Planning, and Construction) Guardian WWW site, viewed Oct. 19, 2017 (Vann Molyvann, architect and urban planner, born 23 November 1926, Kampot province, south-west Cambodia; died 28 September 2017; won a scholarship to study law in France, but switched to architecture studies at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris; worked as an architect in Paris for two years, 1954-56; when he returned to Cambodia, he was made chief architect by Norodom Sihanouk; Phnom Penh's status as a potential Asian model city was brutally stopped in its tracks by a US-backed military coup led by General Lon Nol in 1970 that drew Cambodia into the Vietnam war and led to the rise of the Khmer Rouge; Vann took refuge in Switzerland; for the next 20 years, he worked as an architect and as a consultant for the UN Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation; in the early 90s, he returned to Phnom Penh; became chief of Apsara, the conservation authority for the Angkor temple complex; in 2001 Vann was removed from his Apsara assignment) |
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