Yangon’s New Look

The Bangkok Post

Some call it romantic, others rustic – the way mildew covers the façade of hundreds of fading historic buildings of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon.

Many of the structures — originally built as depositories, libraries, malls and hospitals – still stand as they did when they were built about a hundred years ago and to most passers by, not much has seemed to changed a few high-end new projects aside.

With swathes of new small and medium foreign business owners however looking to make a home in Myanmar, the pickings for a suitable home are slim and for many, their only choice is to get creative with the existing space by transforming the old and unsavory buildings into something modern.

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