Like many buildings in downtown Yangon, there are trees growing out of the windows. There are dogs wandering around the central atrium, and the rusting iron lift is buried under heaps of rubbish.

Yangon, in Myanmar, has lost hundreds of colonial buildings to rapid development over the past two decades. A handful of heritage hotels -- think teak mansions and grand colonial facades -- are ...

A historic building in central Yangon had a last-minute reprieve this week when conservationists managed to stop its demolition with a media campaign that received the backing of the government. The ...

“For a lot of people in Yangon, especially if they have never been outside the country, I think it’s really hard to imagine what an old building could be if it was well-renovated,” he told ...

YANGON Scott Hostel, on 31st Street in downtown ... century-old British colonial-style building. "I studied for four years in England, where I fell in love with English buildings," said Aung ...

YANGON — “It’s now or never,” said our guide May Lyar Soe, as she led us into a beautiful red-brick building, pointing out where to avoid the vast holes in the marble floor.

YANGON -- Scott Hostel on 31st Street in downtown ... century-old British colonial-style building. "I studied for four years in England where I fell in love with English buildings," said Aung ...

Yangon, in Myanmar, has lost hundreds of colonial buildings to rapid development over the past two decades. A handful of heritage hotels -- think teak mansions and grand colonial facades -- are ...

Yangon, in Myanmar, has lost hundreds of colonial buildings to rapid development over the past two decades. A handful of heritage hotels -- think teak mansions and grand colonial facades -- are ...