Kris Yao

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Kris Yao
姚仁喜
Born December 1951 (age 62)
Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
Alma mater Tunghai University, University of California, Berkely
Awards

2011 Special Contribution for National Development and Property Construction Award
2009 Architect Registration, Republic Of China (The National Administration Board Of Architect Registration)
2007 The 11th Annual National Award for Arts in Architecture
2005 Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Environmental Design,U.C. Berkeley

1997 The 3rd Annual Chinese Outstanding Architect Award,Republic of China
Practice Artech Architects and Designers
Buildings

THSR Hsinchu Station
Lanyang Museum
Wuzhen Theaters
Water-Moon Monastery
Shih Chien University Gymnasium and Library
China Steel Corporation headquarters

Kelti Center

Kris Yao (姚仁喜) (born December 1951) is a Taiwanese architect, and the founder and head architect at Artech Architects[1] in Taipei and Shanghai.

Biography

Yao was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. Yao received his Bachelor of Architecture at Tunghai University in 1975, and received his Masters in Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1978.[2]

Artech Architects

Established by Kris Yao in 1985, Artech Architects is an architectural firm composed of more than 160 professionals with offices in Taipei and Shanghai. The firm’s projects are mainly located in the Greater China area, but are also found in the United States, Europe, Africa and South Asia. Project categories range from corporate, residential, cultural, educational, hospital, commercial, transportation, industrial architecture design, and urban planning, etc.

Selected Projects

  • THSR Hsinchu Station
  • Langyang Museum
  • Water-Moon Monastery
  • Wuzhen Theater
  • Shih Chien University Gymnasium and Library
  • China Steel Corp. HQ.
  • Kelti Center

  • THSR Hsinchu Station

  • Langyang Museum

  • China Steel Corp. HQ.

Recognition

In 2003, Kris Yao represented Taiwan in the 8th International Architecture Exhibition at Venice Biennale of Architecture (La Biennale di Venezia), in Venice, Italy.[3][4] Yao was reinvited to the same event in 2008, at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia.[5][6] In 2004, Yao was invited to present his project, the THSR Hsinchu Station, at the 1st International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[7] In the same year, he was also invited to present his projects at the 1st International Architecture Biennale in Beijing, China. In 2005, Yao was named a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni of the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley.[8] In 2013, Palace Museum, Southern Branch was anticipated in The International Architecture Showcase, London Festival of Architecture 2013 – Atlas of the Unbulit World in London, UK.

In 1997, Kris Yao was awarded the "Chinese Outstanding Architect Award".[9] In 2007, Yao became the first practicing architect in Taiwan to receive the "Taiwan National Award for Arts and Architecture", the highest honor in cultural and art disciplines in Taiwan.[10] Yao is also collaborating with architect Rem Koolhaas in the design of the Taipei Performing Arts Center, scheduled for completion in 2015.[11]

Awards

  • 2013 WAF Award shortlisted – Religion - Water-Moon Monastery
  • 2013 WAF Award shortlisted – Culture – Wuzhen Theater
  • 2013 1ST Architizer A+ Awards: Jury Winner And Popular Choice Winner -China Steel Corporation Headquarters[12]
  • 2012 The Chicago Athenaeum Museum Of Architecture And Design, The European Centre of Architecture Art Design And Urban Studies:The International Architecture Award - Lanyang Museum[13]
  • 2012 Perspective Awards 2012 Certificate Of Excellence In Heritage Category -Langyang Museum

Monograph

  • Yao's second monograph was published on April 16, 2011 [14] by Images Publishing Group.[15]
  • Yao's first monograph was published in 2001 by the Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, in Australia.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Architects
  2. ↑ "2005 spring". 
  3. ↑ "International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam". 
  4. ↑ "Taiwan at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2000-2010". 
  5. ↑ "Taipei Far Eastern Telecom Park". 
  6. ↑ "Taiwan at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2000-2010". 
  7. ↑ "Taiwan at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2000-2010". 
  8. ↑ "CED-College of Environmental Design, Berkeley- 1998-2005 Award Recipients". 
  9. ↑ "Kris Yao's passage to India". 
  10. ↑ "Berkely Taipei Forum". 
  11. ↑ "Taipei Performing Arts Center promises to become world-class architecture". Taiwan News. November 8, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2009. 
  12. ↑ "2013 ARCHITIZER A+ AWARDS". Retrieved 5 September 2013. 
  13. ↑ "2012 THE CHICAGO ATHENAEUM MUSEUM OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN". Retrieved 5 September 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Architecture of Kris Yao, Borders Online". 
  15. ↑ "Bookshop, Images Publishing Group- Architecture of Kris Yao". 
  16. ↑ "Bookshop- The Master Architect Series V". 

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