Inside Out

A new office in Saigon has responded to the city's frantic development by bringing the greenery indoors, in a remarkable garden workplace that provides soothing serenity

Saigon design firm MIA – it stands for Master planning, Interior and Architecture – was founded back in 2003 by principal architect Nguyen Hoang Manh. From small beginnings they’ve now grown to a multidisciplinary team of more than 50 staff.

I asked him what the Vietnamese architecture scene was like when he founded the company – and how those times com…