20 Jun 2008
most famous malaysian architect
OK, remember the last time I mentioned we need to revolutionise malaysian architecture? well, here is my second step. it appears there is no general knowledge on who is the most famous architect in malaysia, so let me introduce this to the malaysian public; yangsquare.com presents you..
the most famous malaysian architect goes to;
dato’ dr. ar. ken yeang
disclaimer: who cares about the long prefix of one person’s name? it sounds lots better with “architect, ken yeang”. btw, you might notice I wrote quite a lot about ken yeang recently, but believe me, I’m not really ken yeang’s idol – I just wanted to touch more on malaysian grounds.
ar. ken yeang studied in architecture association school (AA, arguably the most famous architecture school) and received phd for his ecological studies. believe it or not; ken yeang did his research for sustainable architecture for 10 years. he introduced what he described as bioclimatic skyscrapers into architecture, with his signature building, the mesiniaga tower. more on mesiniaga tower, here.
of course he is a big voice in green architecture (ecological, sustainable, whatever!), but CNN described him as ‘world’s leading architect in ecological and passive low energy design’. why you ask, among so many architects I awarded him the most famous architect in malaysia;
- easily the first ‘malaysian architect’ you get when you asked any graduate architecture students or architects in malaysia
- ken yeang is in the top 50 people that can change the world
- arguably the only malaysian architect that you hear overseas in architectural lectures
- the only malaysian architect in wikipedia
very well, famous architects are featured in banknotes;
le corbusier (master of modern architecture) is featured in swiss’ ten francs
alvar aalto in finland’s fifty markka
and to commemorate ken yeang as the most famous malaysian architect, this is malaysia’s limited edition five ringgit. wait for it…!
notice the difference?
if until now you still doesn’t think that ken yeang’s green architecture isn’t cool…
An architectural student from malaysia, studying in Curtin University, pursuing his Master in Architecture. Contact at yang(at)yangsquare.com
thank you for sharing! ur priceless info help me a lot in my presentation. thanks.
sharon
September 15th, 2008 at 9:06 pmpermalink
just came across this add. This brought back memories. I saw him back in the mid 1980′s. To tell the truth, not a good first impression of the guy. To all his fan, maybe he is a nice guy now..
h
September 23rd, 2009 at 12:34 pmpermalink
thanks for your information.
i’m sure need a lot of knowledge in
architecture field.
i think i need toread more.
nurfatin
December 24th, 2009 at 2:14 pmpermalink
Ken maybe a good architect but to be a great architect you have to have some humanistic qualities.
Ken unfortunately is an extremely poor excuse for a human being.
Bahudin
March 1st, 2010 at 9:24 ampermalink
thanks for sharing! wish you can contribute as a Malaysian architect one day.
TSY
April 12th, 2010 at 11:24 pmpermalink
I had finish STPM in 2009. I will have an interview in Jabatan Seni Bina, Fakulti Kejuruteraan, UKM Bangi on 24 April 2010. or interviewS in other UPU-UM, UPM, UTM (haven check yet). Shall you give me some advise? Thanks for all.
TSY
April 14th, 2010 at 7:04 ampermalink
TSY, I will have an interview in UTM on26April 2010! Cool! But I don’t know anything of Architecture. (Sigh)
XC
April 21st, 2010 at 1:47 pmpermalink
hi,could u suggest me which ipta has the best architecture course?
thanks a lot…
yeo
May 2nd, 2010 at 2:27 ampermalink
gr8 work
syed junaid ali
August 19th, 2010 at 2:50 ampermalink
hii this is junaid m a student of final yr B.Arch .. m a indian.. m searching job in malaysia pls tell me about the jobs about freasher architect in malaysia…… thanx
syed junaid ali
August 19th, 2010 at 2:53 ampermalink
wa..nice work on dat banknotes…
wh0seza
September 24th, 2010 at 1:05 pmpermalink
thanx 4 the great info!
since i was little, i do love architecture and really shows my interest. and about ken yeang, i know about him since i was a little girl too because i lived @ subang jaya though and every time i went to school, i always saw that mesiniaga building. it does admires me!
safra zahirah
November 16th, 2010 at 2:21 pmpermalink
Hi. I am a non-architect. However, I am going to need a service of one soon, very very soon. I am in the southern region. Kindly let me know if there are any ar-s whom i can employ for my coming soon project.
Have a great time, everyone!
Cheers!
junaida
December 3rd, 2010 at 2:08 pmpermalink