Yangon Architecture

RSS Archive

Welcome to Yangon Architecture, a Facebook and Tumblr site run by Manuel Oka, Ben Bansal and Elliott Fox. We are currently in the process of writing an architectural guide to Yangon (forthcoming DOM Publishers 2015) and are posting here photos of lesser-known buildings from the former Burmese capital. These are the buildings for which we still require some facts in order to make our guide a definitive source of information on Yangon’s rich architectural heritage. While we are continuously researching on-the-ground in the city and are linked up with some of the world’s foremost experts on architecture in Myanmar, we thought we can invite people around the world to help us “crowdsource” this process, too. All photos have a small description and invite anyone of you to contribute historical facts, anecdotes or any other comment. Thank you very much for your help, and we hope you enjoy this virtual tour of one of the world’s most magnificent cities.

August 6, 2014

One of the oldest churches still standing in today’s Yangon is the Armenian Apostolic Church of St. John the Baptist in Kyauktada township. It was built in 1862 and consecrated the year after. Armenian traders had established a presence in Burma long before the onset of British colonization, as early as the 17th century.

9:23pm | URL: https://tmblr.co/ZzmO2o1NXFuLq
(View comments)

(Notes: 25)