Phan Duy

GSD Architects

GSD (Global Solution Development) Architects is a premier design studio located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Its principal designer and founder is Trung Tran. For 25 years, Trung had designed for SOM, ZGF and Gensler before starting GSD to be at the center of this frontier market. His position synthesizes continuity and change, memory and modernity. GSD is unique in its philosophy, place, people, products and pricing. At the outset, GSD offers to off-load some of the designs for colleagues in the West besides providing indigenous designs for waterfront, market place, town center and pre-construct housing that serves Vietnam's young population. GSD = Innovation for Tomorrow, carried out by young workforce designing dwelling places for peers of same age. When it comes to new buildings for new century, Vietnam is the place to be, and GSD is the company of choice, for both professional and practical reasons.