Ken Yeang
Council Role
Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award
Company
T. R. Hamzah & Yeang Sdn. Bhd.
Executive Director
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
About
Ken Yeang is an architect and ecologist, pioneering an authentic signature ecology-based architecture since 1972. His research and built experiments advance the field of designing to save the planet, presented in his instructive books (over 12). His architecture is characterised by verdant greenery as biotic constituents to create habitats enhancing biodiversity as ‘constructed ecosystems’ (in Boustead Tower (1985), DiGi Data Centre (2002), others). He trained at the Architectural Association (London). His doctorate at Cambridge University on ecological design was published as ‘Designing With Nature’ (McGraw-Hill, 1985). He remains a Fellow (honorary) of Wolfson College, Cambridge. Awards for his innovations and architecture include, Aga Khan Award, Prinz Claus Award, UIA Auguste Perret Award, Architectural Society of China LiangSiCheng International Award, Malaysia Government Merdeka Award. In recognition of his dedicated 50 years of practice-driven research, built experiments, innovations and writings on an ecology-based architecture, the Guardian names him one of the 50 people who could save the planet.
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