Dr. Ken Yeang (Chinese: 杨经文/楊經文; pinyin: Yáng Jīngwén) is a prolific Malaysian architect and writer best known for developing environmental design solutions for high-rise buildings in the tropics. Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Environmental design is the process of addressing environmental parameters when devising plans, programs, policies, buildings, or products. ...

Life and career

Born in Penang, Malaysia, Yeang attended Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire, England and received a doctorate in ecological design from Cambridge University. Seeing skyscrapers as inevitable because of population pressures and site ratios, Yeang has spent his career refuting the conventional wisdom that tall buildings are inherently destructive to the environment. As a principle of T.R. Hamzah & Yeang in Kuala Lumpur, Yeang pioneered the passive low-energy design of skyscrapers, what he has called 'bioclimatic' design. In 2005 Ken Yeang became a director of Llewelyn Davies Yeang, a multidisciplinary firm of Urban Designers, Architects and Landscape Architects, from this new base in London Yeang is now able to bring his academic and professional output to a wider audience. He has a number of patents pending for ventilation engineering. He also serves on advisory committees for numerous academic and professional organizations such the ARCHIVE Institute and the Skyscraper Museum both located in NYC. State motto: Bersatu dan Setia (United and Loyal) State anthem: Untuk Negeri Kita (For Our State) Capital George Town Ruling party Barisan Nasional  - Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas  - Ketua Menteri Dr Koh Tsu Koon History    - Ceded by Kedah to British 11 August 1786   - Japanese occupation 1942... Cheltenham College is an English public school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in southwest England. ... The University of Cambridge (usually abbreviated as Cantab. ... Nickname: KL Motto: Maju dan makmur (Malay: Peace and progress) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: Country Malaysia State Federal Territory Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government  - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area  - City 243. ... The ARCHIVE Institute is an inter-disciplinary center for examining relationships between architecture and public health disasters. ... Founded in 1997, the Skyscraper Museum, located in New York City in the United States, is currently the only museum of its kind in the world. ...

Works and architectural philosophy

In 2003, Yeang's work was included in the exhibition "Big & Green: Towards Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century" curated by David Gissen at the National Building Museum ^[1]

Yeang's 1992 Menara Mesiniaga building in Subang Jaya Selangor, Malaysia is virtually a catalog of his bioclimatic techniques, including daring "vertical landscaping", external louvers to reduce solar heat gain, extensive natural ventilation and lighting, and an "active Intelligent Building" system for automated energy savings. Menara Mesiniaga is a main futuristic building in Malaysia. ... Subang Jaya is a residential hub in the Klang Valley conurbation in Selangor, Malaysia. ... State motto: no State motto Capital Shah Alam Royal Capital Klang Sultan Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Chief Minister Mohd Khir bin Toyo Area 7,956 km2 Population  - Estimated 4,100,000 State anthem Duli Yang Maha Mulia Selangor (Jawi: سلنجور, population 4. ...

Like William McDonough, Yeang's concentration on energy conservation and environmental impact is a radical departure from mainstream architecture's view of the profession as an art form. Yeang has written, "In practice, architectural design is a craft, and a variable one at that. Post modernism has successfully shown up the volatile nature of this craft by its unrestrained use of architectural symbolisms, its frivolous multiplication of the surface area of the built envelope, its prodigious use of unnecessary building materials, its indifference to engineering economy, its extravagant use of land, and its irrational subservience to whim and history instead of the allocation and restriction of excessive consumption of energy resources." William A. McDonough (1951, Tokyo, Japan - ) is an American architect whose career is focused on designing environmentally sustainable buildings and transforming industrial manufacturing processes, with the twin goals of eliminating pollution and increasing the profits of his clients. ...

Yeang's other projects include:

• Plaza Atrium, Kuala Lumpur, 1981
• Menara Boustead, Kuala Lumpur, 1986
• MBF Tower, Penang, 1993
• Tokyo-Nara Tower, Tokyo, Japan, 1994
• Penggiran Apartment Towers No. 1, Kuala Lumpur, 1996
• UMNO Tower, Penang, 1998
• New National Library of Singapore, Singapore
• Mesiniaga Penang, Penang, 2003
• Jumptown Tower, Portland, Oregon (proposed)

Nickname: KL Motto: Maju dan makmur (Malay: Peace and progress) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: Country Malaysia State Federal Territory Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government  - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area  - City 243. ... Nickname: KL Motto: Maju dan makmur (Malay: Peace and progress) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: Country Malaysia State Federal Territory Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government  - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area  - City 243. ... State motto: Bersatu dan Setia (United and Loyal) State anthem: Untuk Negeri Kita (For Our State) Capital George Town Ruling party Barisan Nasional  - Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas  - Ketua Menteri Dr Koh Tsu Koon History    - Ceded by Kedah to British 11 August 1786   - Japanese occupation 1942... Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. ... Nickname: KL Motto: Maju dan makmur (Malay: Peace and progress) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: Country Malaysia State Federal Territory Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government  - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area  - City 243. ... State motto: Bersatu dan Setia (United and Loyal) State anthem: Untuk Negeri Kita (For Our State) Capital George Town Ruling party Barisan Nasional  - Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas  - Ketua Menteri Dr Koh Tsu Koon History    - Ceded by Kedah to British 11 August 1786   - Japanese occupation 1942... State motto: Bersatu dan Setia (United and Loyal) State anthem: Untuk Negeri Kita (For Our State) Capital George Town Ruling party Barisan Nasional  - Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas  - Ketua Menteri Dr Koh Tsu Koon History    - Ceded by Kedah to British 11 August 1786   - Japanese occupation 1942... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City  145. ...

References

1. ^ "Big And Green" book

External links

• Online version of Yeang's book "Bioclimatic Skyscrapers"
• Website of Llewelyn Davies Yeang
• Website of Yeang's architectural firm
• A description of varied green techniques used in varied projects
• Asia Design Forum question and answer session
• Various Yeang Publications on ArchNet