Ken Yeang (Chinese: 杨经文/楊經文; pinyin: Yáng Jīngwén; born 1948) is a Malaysian architect and writer best known for advancing green design and planning, differentiated from other green architects by his comprehensive ecological approach. Ken Yeang is an early pioneer of ecological design and planning, carrying out design and research work in this field since 1971.
Yeang works between the UK architect and planning firm Llewelyn Davies Yeang (as Design Director since 2005 and Chairman since 2010) and his Kuala Lumpur office T. R. Hamzah and Yeang . Llewelyn Davies Weeks (rebranded as Llewelyn Davies Yeang) was founded in the mid-1960s by Lord Llewelyn Davies. T. R. Hamzah & Yeang was formed in 1975 with Tengku Datuk Robert Hamzah, his friend and contemporary at the AA School, and a Prince in the Malay Royal family.
Read more about Ken Yeang: Early Education and Career, Ecoarchitecture, Theoretical Approach, Key Projects, Recognition and Awards, Exhibitions, Business Success, Projects, Publications
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“Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to God.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)