Ken Yeang
| Ken Yeang | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 (age 68–69) Penang, Malaysia |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Alma mater | AA School (London), Cambridge University (UK) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice |
Ken Yeang Design International (UK) T. R. Hamzah & Yeang Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) North Hamzah Yeang Architectural and Engineering Company (China) |
| Buildings | Menara Mesiniaga, National Library of Singapore |
Ken Yeang (born 1948) is a Malaysian architect, ecologist and author known for his signature ecoarchitecture and ecomasterplans. Yeang is an early pioneer of ecology-based green design and masterplanning, carrying out design and research in this field since 1971. He was named by the Guardian as "one of the 50 people who could save the planet".
Yeang's operating headquarters for his company Hamzah and Yeang is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with other offices in London as Ken Yeang Design International and Beijing (China) as North Hamzah Yeang Architectural and Engineering Company.
Born in 1948 in Penang, Malaysia, Yeang grew up in a tropical Modernist house designed by Iversen, van Sitteren & Partners. He attended Penang Free School. In 1961, Yeang attended Cheltenham College, a British public school in Gloucestershire.
He obtained his qualifications in architecture from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London (AA). In 1969, he did an internship at the Singapore architect practice S.T.S. Leong, before returning to the AA to complete his diploma under Peter Cook (1972). Yeang worked briefly at Louis de Soisson Partnership and as a student did freelance illustrations and graphic design work for the AD and AAQ magazines and for the AA. He did his post-graduate at Cambridge University Department of Architecture. His doctoral dissertation, "A Theoretical Framework for Incorporating Ecological Considerations in the Design and Planning of the Built Environment" earned him a PhD in ecological design and planning. It is published as ‘Designing With Nature’ (McGraw-Hill, 1995) and in Spanish as 'Proyectar Con La Naturaleza’ (Gustavo Gili, SA, 1999). He received an honorary Litt.D. from Sheffield University (2004), and an honorary PhD from the University of Malaya (2013).
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