New Khmer Architecture was an architectural movement in Cambodia during the 1950s and 1960s that blended elements of the Modern movement with two distinctly Cambodian traditions, the classical Khmer tradition of Angkor and the vernacular architecture of domestic buildings. The term was coined by authors Helen Grant Ross and Darryl Leon Collins. Cambodia gained independence from France in 1953, and after Prince Norodom Sihanouk s Sangkum Reastr Niyum movement won the 1955 elections it specifically developed this art and architectural style as part of its program of economic development, reaching its height in the 1960s before ending abruptly in 1970 with Sihanouk s overthrow by General Lon Nol. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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New Khmer Architecture (Khmer: ស្ថាបត្យកម្មខ្មែរថ្មី) was an architectural movement in Cambodia during the 1950s and 1960s.
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