A Cambodian woman offers hammocks for tourists outside central market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: APPhnom Penh
Thursday, 03 June 2010
Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh is relatively young and most of its buildings only two or three stories tall. But that is changing. Much of the city's century-old French colonial architecture is being demolished, to make way for modern high-rises.
Over the past decade, Cambodia has seen dramatic economic growth. While that has created jobs and brought new infrastructure to one of Asia's poorest countries, it also means that the capital's old French colonial architecture is being rapidly replaced with modern high-rises.
As a result this city of 1.4 million people now has a rapidly changing skyline, as 10- and 20-story office blocks and apartments spring up.
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