Voyage au Cambodge, l'architecture khmer

Explorer and artist Louis Delaporte was the first to extensively document not only the South East Asian archeological treasures but also the daily life of Khmer, Lao and Thai people at the dawn of the 20th century. Contemporary architects draw inspiration until our days from his observations on the traditional Khmer village house.

The diversity of considered themes, the multidisciplinary approach of Khmer history and art by such a true-to-form 'Renaissance man', makes any attempt of summary quite futile. In the future, we'll develop in detail angles studied by the author. We will start with the chapter 'Analogies de l'architecture khmere avec l'architecture d'autres pays', an impressive essay in comparative architecture.