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Taipei Performing Arts Center received the Taipei City Government Distinguished Public Construction Awards for its innovative procedures and techniques, that are based on rigorous construction administration and coordination.
 
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World Architecture Community 2021.12.02

Selected by the international jury, Hotel Resonance Taipei and Joy City Chongqing received the Gold and Silver Diploma respectively from the Russian architecture and design award 'Eurasian Prize 2021'.

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Selected by the international jury, Hotel Resonance Taipei and Joy City Chongqing received the Gold and Silver Diploma respectively from the Russian architecture and design award 'Eurasian Prize 2021'.

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Eurasian Prize 2021 winners announced

Inspired by three Chinese calligraphy strokes: the thick ink, the half-dry and the smearing, Palace Museum, Southern Branch presents itself as an ink-dark sculptural from sitting in the green fields.  The sensuous Museum is listed in ArchDaily’s Top 100 projects.

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Palace Musum, Southern Branch

Museum of Prehistory-Tainan Branch & National Taiwan University Cosmology Hall are recognized by international awards again. Both projects receive the honorable mentions from LOOP Design Awards 2021, respectively in cultural and educational buildings categories.

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LOOP Design Awards 2021-Museum of Prehistory-Tainan Branch
LOOP Design Awards 2021-National Taiwan University Cosmology Hall

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-Joy City Chongqing
-Museum of Prehistory-Tainan Branch
-National Taiwan University Cosmology Hall
-Hotel Indigo Taipei
-Hotel Resonance Taipei
-Foxconn Shanghai Headquarters

Search "Hotel Resonance Taipei", and "Joy City Chongqing" or KRIS YAO | ARTECH to vote for the Community Wish list special Prizes, direct link:

- Hotel Resonance Taipei
- Joy City Chongqing

The cultural and quiet Taipei is named to TIME's 2021 list of the World's Greatest Places. With the interplay of projection and recession on façade, Hotel Resonance Taipei interprets the contemporary architectural language, and has become one of Taipei's cultural landscape. Taipei Performing Arts Center is also anticipated to be the new landmark of Taipei when it opens in 2022.

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Taipei Is One of the World's Greatest Places | TIME

Seaside Jiangdong International Energy Exchange Building incorporates landscaping in office tower. The curio-box like commercial complex creates the architectural landmark in Haikou Free Trade Port.

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Jiangdong International Energy Exchange Building becomes first landmark in Jiangdong
First Jiangdong landmark, Hainan International Energy Exchange Building expected to complete in October 2021

The design of Langyang Museum artistically transforms the unique cuesta rocks on the northeast coast into architectural form and harmoniously blends in with its natural surroundings. The Museum receives the 7th Public Art Awards, Environmental Integration Award by Ministry of Culture, and is the only award-winning work that the main architectural building acts as the public art object.

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Langyang Museum Latest News 2021.01.04
Hi Ilang 2021.01.19

Feng Zikai Art Center held groundbreaking ceremony on December 28th.　The new art center will become the most important cultural foundation in Tongxiang City.

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Feng Zikai Art Center groundbreaking ceremony

The opening of Hotel Resonance Taipei brings new vitality to the old community.　In addition to its simple and modern look, the open lobby and public plaza welcome the locals while creating business opportunity.

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Taipei Times 2020.11.30
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Joy City Chongqing integrates the unique local landscape and culture to create a new-era commercial complex with Chongqing characteristics. It helps to promote the urban development while taking into account the ecological, social and economic benefits.

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Feng Zikai Art Center takes the pure form to respond the importance and relevance of the main functions. The design also adapts traditional Chinese architectural elements, such as windows, hallway, and lake view to create the visual consistency of the site.

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Tongziang's new landmark-Feng Zikai Art Center

Museum of Archaeology is recognized again, winning 2020 DFA Awards－Merit Award.

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World Architecutre- A New Taiwan Museum under the Interweaving of Two Orders
Archdaily- Museum of Archaeology (NPM)
2020 DFA Awards

Museum of Archaeology designed by KYA, standing out from 177 entries, is shortlisted in 2020 Taiwan Architecture Award. The winners will be announced after the jury's field survey on 11/16-18.

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XinMedia 2020.10.06

Fashion brand iROO has selected "NTU Cosmology Hall" to showcase their 2020 autumn and winter theme.

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iROO 2020 AW

Search“Museum of Prehistory”, “NTU Chee-Chun Leung Cosmology Hall”, and “Foxconn Shanghai Headquarters” or KRIS YAO | ARTECH to vote for the Community Wish list special Prizes, direct link:

- Museum of Prehistory
- NTU Chee-Chun Leung Cosmology Hall
- Foxconn Shanghai Headquarters

Responding to the irregular, fan-shaped site and local history, Hotel Indigo Taipei North adapts kiln-fired bricks with split-face for its curved façade.
The bold building mass has become the new landmark in Dazhi immediately after its opening.

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HOTEL INDIGO

On Nov 15th, Kris Yao, Hon. FAIA, was a keynote speaker at the AIA 2019 International region Shanghai Conference, sharing his recent works and ideas under the theme of "Culture, Nature and Spiritual Orientation of Architecture". On the 16th, the AIA group visited Foxconn Shanghai Headquarters.

KRIS YAO | ARTECH presents the Palace Museum Southern Branch, Han Po-teh Memorial Hall and Hupan University in the exhibition. Welcome to visit!

Duration: November 22, 2019-February 23, 2020
Address: No.888, Zhongtan Street, Xiailn Street, Pustian, Chin

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Reconstructing Utopia-Architecture and Art Exhibition 2018/11/22
Mei-Shu.com 2018/11/19

NTU Chee-Chun Leung Cosmology Hall receives the 2019 Taiwan Architecture Awards Honorable Mention. The project was also the finalist of the 2018 WAF Award and won the 2018 Architizer A+ Awards Special Mentions.

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The architectural concept uses three terms, probing down, regression, and interweaving, to explain the story in relationship between the space, time, and the history of the site.

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Located in Nihonbashi, the commercial district of Tokyo, the Eslite outlet is designed by Taiwanese architect Kris Yao and features cultural elements from both countries. The result fuses the aesthetics of Japan's Edo period and contemporary industrial arts.

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Designed by renowned Architect, Kris Yao, the modern look Far Eastern XinYi A13 Department Store, which has 14 above ground floors, and 5 basement levels, and a total commercial area of 42,975sqm, is expected to open to public in the 4th quarter of 2019.

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KRIS YAO | ARTECH presents the Palace Museum Southern Branch and the Hupan University in the exhibition. Welcome to visit!

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TRUEART.COM 2018/12/12

After the Breaks Ground ceremony in June, Foxconn reveals the nearly 4-minute video (below) to describe the company's vision concept…

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Video: Wisconn Valley Science & Technology Park Rendering
Foxconn reveals new details on vision for Mount Pleasant campus

KRIS YAO | ARTECH presents the Palace Museum Southern Branch and the Han Pao-teh Memorial Museum in the exhibition. Welcome to visit!

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news.artron.net 2018/07/14

The 2018 Architizer A+ Award received thousands of entrants and only the most remarkable and the top 5 % would be selected by the jury as Special Mentions. 

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https://awards.architizer.com/ 
https://awards.architizer.com/finalists/#special-mention

This year's most anticipated resort hotel in Beijing, which brings you back to the authentic beauty of life

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古北水鎮商城

NTU Cosmology Hall has been announced as a finalist of the 2018 World Architecture Festival Awards (Higher Education and Research- Completed Buildings)

WAF:
https://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/
https://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/higher-education-and-research-completed-buildings-1

The new campus of Hupan University just had the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony. The new campus is a giant circle surrounded by and interwoven with water. Its architectures, gardens, and water bodies are juxtaposed with each other. The modern design, almost futurist, brings off the essence of traditions.

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浙江新聞聯播 2018/03/28
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互聯網 2018/03/29

KRIS YAO | ARTECH presents the Palace Museum Southern Branch and the Han Pao-teh Memorial Museum in the exhibition, on display in the OCT Art & Design Gallery, Shenzhen.

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OCT Art & Design Gallery
art.ifeng.com 2018/03/29
NetEase HOME 2018/04/02

The Hefei Central Library will be adjacent to the beautiful Swan Lake at the New Municipal District of Hefei city. Through the characteristics of lake-view passages and three-dimensional public landscape, it will become the new architecture preserving traditional knowledge and serving contemporary culture.

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HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Symposium And Awards 2017 roving exhibition. The Dharm Drum Institute of Liberal Arts project (Gold Award) and Han-Gu Villa project (Silver Award) by KRIS YAO | ARTECH are both being exhibited.

After the Core Exhibition in Hong Kong Design Institute in early August, 2017 and the concluded 1st Roving Exhibition in One International Finance Centre, HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Symposium and Awards 2017 is going to stage their third exhibition in March, 2018.

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HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Symposium and Awards

The National Taiwan University held the celebration ceremony of the Cosmology Centre on November 27th. The architecture is donated by C. Y. Foundation to NTU and Kris Yao is the architect. The building has a simple geometry and eye-catching design concept. Chairmen Chee-Chun Leung of the C. Y. Foundation expressed his best wishes for the continuous development of the Cosmology Centre.

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Liberty Times Net 2017/11/27
CNA News 2017/11/27
UDN News 2017/11/27

The Formosa Television Media Center has received the 19th National Golden Award for Architecture and is the First Prize in the category of construction quality in the type group of Midrise Commercial Office Building. Designed by KRIS YAO | ARTECH, the building has a metaphoric form of camera viewfinder while multiple architectural volumes creates layers. A glowing box of studio space floats within the giant frame, symbolizing the corporate's logo "Taiwan's eye".

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Formosa News 2017/11/07
Formosa News 2017/11/08

The Xiqu Center of Taiwan has inaugurated on October 3rd. The inauguration together with the Opening of Asia Pacific Traditional Arts Festival is a great event for Taiwan's performing arts circle.

As the first theater center in Taiwan to have an on-site troupe, the building has office, rehearsal, and performance spaces, as well as flexible outdoor stage areas. The Xiqu Center enables the traditional performing arts of Taiwan to find a contemporary status to connect with the international stage.

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UDN News
Radio Taiwan International
UDN Video

(KRIS YAO | ARTECH – Planning and Design)

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TSMC Nanjing Plant - expected completion, 2017
TSMC Nanjing Campus Ground Breaking Ceremony (2016-07-08)/CCTV
Chinaguang.cn  ‧ People.cn
http://www.njec.gov.cn/jxzl/dzxxcp/201607/t20160726_4050269.shtml

“Fleeting Moments” is the film that exhibited in “WithIn．WithOut－KRIS YAO Selected Works Exhibition” at the MoCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Shanghai in 2016.

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Fleeting Moments (KRIS YAO | ARTECH ) vimeo
Fleeting Moments (KRIS YAO | ARTECH ) youku

Thirteen years after Taipei 101 became the tallest building in the Taiwanese capital (and, for a time, tallest in the world), it is being joined by other skyscrapers, raising the skyline of an otherwise surprisingly low-rise city.

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nytStyle 2017/07/13

The CADA has been recognized as one of the most important architectural awards in the region. This year's CADA is selected by the five international jurors from prominent professional schools and practices of USA, Norway, France, and Denmark). There are eight professional categories for the awards.
"Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts" has won the Gold Award in the category of Education & Religious, and "Han-Gu Villa" have won the Silver Award in the category of Commercial (Office/Hotel).

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2017 Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards (CADA by HKIA)

Most people might not know the name, Kris Yao, but they recognize his architecture works. "To create a dialogue to the world with rich humanistic thoughts and architectural language"- The Chief Executive Lady of Dreamland 9 has visited Kris, her old acquaintance, and planned to interview with a topic that is normally not presented to him – "Reading". Mr. Yao is delighted with this opportunity and shared his thoughts in this interview.

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UDN 2017/05/15

The College of Fellows Investiture Ceremony was held in the AIA Conference on Architecture 2017 in Orlando, Florida. Architect Yu and other fellows of this year were welcomed at the ceremony. As one of AIA's highest membership honors, AIA Fellowship recognizes their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has elevated the 2017 new Fellows on February 10th to its prestigious College of Fellows:
Willy Yu, our Senior Partner, has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

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Cook a doodle doo~

With this Chinese shuttlecock
Wish you happiness
in the Year of the Rooster !

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The new campus of Hupan University is expected to be open in 2020.

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Hupan University 2016/12/30
電商最前線 2016/12/28
Alibaba 2016/12/28

Article by Finedoor, ©Tim Liu

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The architectural design is inspired by three themes from Chinese calligraphy, thick brush strokes, hollow strokes, and ink washes, creating three interwoven lines that form the building.

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http://architizer.com/blog/80-asia/

Architizer's A+Awards program was created to recognize the world's best architecture and design.
From soaring towers to critically designed spaces, these monumental projects represent emerging ideas on culture and place. Both private and public, the designs reimagine building techniques and forms to create new experiences.

KRIS YAO│ARTECH presents Palace Museum, Southern Branch in Tectonic Becoming 2016. We invite you to join the exhibition events. 
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THSR Changhua Station had been announced in the 2016 World Architecture Festival Awards Finalists

The World Architecture Festival (WAF), one of the largest international gatherings of architects, has just revealed its shortlist for 2016 awards: 343 projects are selected for the finalists, and “THSR Changhua Station” by KRIS YAO | ARTECH is one of the finalists, listed in the category of “Completed Buildings- Transport.” Over 100 professional judges will divide into 3 people presentation group to review the finalist projects and select the winner of each categories. This year's festival will be held from November 16-18, 2016 at Arena Berlin in Germany. The finalists include many renown world architects, such as Zaha Hadid, Foster + Partners, BIG and Aedas, etc.

Husband and Wife Joint Exhibition
"Tang Ao" and " Inheritance of Tradition"
- Architecture and the Art of Chinese Living
by Kris Yao and Xiang Jen Yao

at Eslite Suzhou Store 2016. 6. 11 - 2016. 7. 10

Architizer A+ Award has 49 categories, and includes architecture projects from more than 100 countries. After the final run, “THSR Changhua Station” by KRIS YAO | ARTECH received the Global Voting -2016 A+ POP award of the Bus & Train Station category.The other 2016 finalists of this category are: Anaheim Regional Tranportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) by H.O.K., Arnhem Central Masterplan by UNStudio, Delft Station by Mecanoo Architecten and Benthem Crouwel Architects and Vienna Central Station by Theo Hotz Partner Architects.

The online public chooses the Architizer A+ Popular Choice Award and public voting is open from March 15th to April 1st。

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The "WithIn ‧ WithOut." exhibition offers two themes. The "WithIn" part provides a range of elements including motion picture, music, and big installations that combine to show the inner thoughts of the Architect, Kris Yao. These elements embed the moments of inspiration of the architect that makes the works embody the architect's philosophy and instinct. The "WithOut" part offers selected pieces from Kris Yao, including drawings, documentaries, detailed models, and sketches. Through the demonstration, the viewer gets to understand not only the professional sphere of the architect, but also the poetic stage on which the architect performs to touch the very souls of the people and to serve the people's lives.

We are delighted to share with you our current exhibition at MOCA, Shanghai, from February 28th-May 7th, 2016.
"WithIn-WithOut"—Kris Yao Selected Works
This new show re-creates the architect's thinking processes: the various installations give the viewer the experience
of the moment of architectural inspiration—here and not here—like the imprint of a bird in the sky.

The nominated projects are selected from over 3,000 projects down to just 14 stand-outs – the best in each category on ArchDaily, share this link, and give your vote!!

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China Post 2015/12/28
Attractions Management 2015/12/28
UDN 2015/12/28
Radio Taiwan International 2015/12/27

Sacred spaces exemplify some of the most exciting and challenging architecture today. The book, Designing Sacred Spaces, tells the inside story of seven architecture firms and their approaches to designing churches, mosques, synagogues and temples, monasteries and retreats.

The new THSR stations: Changhua and Yunlin, are open for public tours starting 11/4.

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Udnnews-2015-11-03
Merit Times

Taiwan Architect Magazine holds annual "Taiwan Architecture Awards" to encourage and elevate Taiwan Architecture profession. From 201 projects, Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts, along with 8 other Finalists, will be presented to a panel of judges for the On-Site evaluation (10/30~11/03), after which the recipient of the 2015 Taiwan Architecture Award will be selected.

KRIS YAO | ARTECH 30X30 Exhibition is now at Beijing Tsinghua University. From 9/14 to 9/25.

The press conference for the National Palace Museum Southern Branch was held on September 17, 2015. Revealing the planning and architecture design of the National Palace Museum Southern Branch to the international media.

Today we share with you "Culture Context in Public", a special presentation event sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Department of New Taipei City. Architect Kris Yao presented several of his recent works, including Lanyang Museum, Wuzhen Theater, National Palace Museum Southern Branch, New Taipei Museum of Art, and the Memorial Museum of Han Pao-teh. Through these projects he shared with the audience his thoughts and processes of designing public cultural buildings, and discussed the knowledge and revelations he gained while working on these projects. A big thank you to all our distinguished guests who attended this event!

A new standard in high-rise design – with a subtle Chinese touch
The new Headquarters of Hua-Nan Bank in Taipei by KRIS YAO | ARTECH
Author: Ulf Meyer

This has never happened before in the history of mankind: One single architect designs a whole cluster of skyscrapers, shaping a whole district and the skyline of a metropolis in just a few years time - and in very different data-styles. But this is the case in Taipei’s Xinyi District and with Kris Yao of KRIS YAO | ARTECH.

Register Link please refer to：http://goo.gl/forms/SyZWfNvZXd

Cultural Scenes exhibits the projects that emphasize celebration of cultural and historical roots,
Communal Forums focuses on the spaces that inspire creativity in our pulsating society, and,
Social Sanctuaries presents works that conveys inherent tranquility for reflection and contemplation.
http://goo.gl/GWkTC3

6/28 Event Link- "30 years in Architecture"
Kris Yao will share his experience on the efforts and devotion in constructing contemporary architecture, in shaping sense of place, in developing spatial drama, and in elevating the cultural context.
https://vimeo.com/132688795
http://goo.gl/y1PF6s

6/21 Event Link-TANG AO
Kris Yao, “I particularly like to employ the meaning of “Tang” and “Ao” to explain my pursuit of architecture design and artistic conception.
http://goo.gl/vpFAVP
http://chuansong.me/n/1494202
http://chuansong.me/n/1498265

6/27 Event Link-The Inheritance of Tradition – Art of Chinese Living
"The inheritance of Tradition” is an artful compilation of the culture,
traditions, and wisdom of the Chinese heritage.
http://wtoutiao.com/p/h0eJB8.html

Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts had been announced in the 2015 World Architecture Festival Awards Finalist works

WAF received more than 700 entries from architects and designers across the world with projects from 47 countries making this year’s shortlist. Major world architects shortlisted include Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, Herzog & de Meuron, OMA…etc. KRIS YAO | ARTECH project Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts has been shortlisted and to be present in the World Architecture Festival in Singapore on November 4-6.

This exhibition and the lecture series focus on the 30 selected projects spanning 30 years of KRIS YAO | ARTECH’s works as the theme. These woks are a testimony of our efforts and devotion in constructing contemporary architecture – shaping sense of place, developing space drama, and elevating cultural context.

Event Link： http://goo.gl/XGLdn4

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http://youtu.be/fTl33OewJsw

Event：Ms. Sisy Chen VS. Mr. Kris Yao
Title：Our Collective Dream
Date：19:30 on 4 May 2015
Place：GIS NTU Convention Center(B1 No. 85, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617)
Register Link please refer to：http://goo.gl/forms/P2D8Wr6FNP

Since 2008, New Taipei City Government has started planning for the New Taipei City Museum of Art, which envisioned a complex that integrated the arts and humanistic resources, intensifies the arts and humanistic resources network, combines the touristic resources as well as to increase the value and energy of tourism. This museum aims to build an important character for New Taipei City and to provide a platform for uprising artists and an excellent entertainment place for the visitors.

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http://udn.com/NEWS/BREAKINGNEWS/BREAKINGNEWS3/9077011.shtml
>http://www.2014taipeilandscape.com.tw/index.html
http://tcgwww.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=91017312&ctNode=5158&mp=100001

11/7 Kris Yao’s Lecture「结庐在人境」,  at University Lecture on Civility, I-CARE Programme, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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http://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/cutv/detail/541
http://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/cutv/detail/540

Kuo-Chien Shen, Partner of KRIS YAO│ARTECH, presents his  thesis project DynaForm / Stadium in the Group Exhibition.
The exhibition also features two of KRIS YAO|ARTECH’s projects: Kelti Center and Palace Museum, Southern Branch.

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http://www.formosa21.com.tw/news_frontview.php?news_id=40

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Kris Yao’s Lecture「結廬在人境」,  at University Lecture on Civility, I-CARE Programme, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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10/21 at School of Architecture, Syracuse University.

Lecture title：Works
Date：2014.10.21(Tue.) 17:00-18:00
Venue：Syracuse University School of Architecture, Slocum Auditorium
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http://soa.syr.edu/live/events/85-kris-yao
http://www.tyadenyc.org/

10/19 Young Taiwanese Architectural Designer Exhibition

Lecture title：The Visible and the Hidden 
Date：2014.10.19(Sun.) 13:30-15:00
Venue：Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
             1,E. 42nd Street New York , NY10017 U.S.A.
News Link please refer to：http://www.edutwny.org/latest-news-26368260322804024687/-1019

9/30 Architecture Lectures News  Report Link：
http://www.nsysu.edu.tw/files/14-1000-104194,r15-1.php
http://udn.com/NEWS/READING/REA8/8970530.shtml

10/01 Architecture Lectures News Report Link：
http://www.nsysu.edu.tw/files/14-1000-104281,r15-1.php
http://udn.com/NEWS/DOMESTIC/DOM6/8975125.shtml

We invite you to join Kris Yao’s Architecture Lectures at Humanities Forum Host by Professor Yu Kwang-Chung, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan.
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The Taipei Performing Arts Center’s structure tops out ceremony was held on August 27^th, 2014.

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http://www.archdaily.com/541253/oma-s-taipei-performing-arts-center-tpac-tops-out/?ad_medium=widget&ad_name=most-visited

China Steel Corporation HQ has been awarded the “International Architecture Awards, 2014”

The International Architectural Awards organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press, Ltd., has announced the 2014 award winners. This annual program give an important global overview of the current aesthetic direction  to the general public worldwide and it  has become the most significant international awards program in the world. Winners of this year , including Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Arup Associates, Steven Holl Architects….etc.  In November 2014, the program will present a special exhibition of all awarded buildings, “The City and the World” during the Second Istanbul Design Biennial in Istanbul, Turkey. After Istanbul, the exhibition will then travel inside Europe and the USA in 2015.

An alumni reception will be hosted by the Berkeley Taiwan Club at Regent Taipei on September 9^th 2014.

Kris Yao will share the recent projects with Berkeley alumni, details please refer to the official website link.

http://ced.berkeley.edu/events-media/events/berkeley-taiwan-club-alumni-reception

KRIS YAO│ARTECH presents Hua Nan Bank Headquarters in Tectonic Becoming 2014. We invite you to join the exhibition events. 
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7/26 Beijing:Dialogue between ZHOU RONG & KRIS YAO
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http://www.archreport.com.cn/show-41-668-1.html

7/27 Shanghai:Dialogue between KENGO KUMA & KRIS YAO
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http://www.archreport.com.cn/show-11-2775-1.html

We are inviting you to join Kris Yao’s Beijing and Shanghai UED Kris Yao Special Issue Launch Event and Architecture Seminars. Please refer below for event details.

The AIA Annual Convention was held this year in the Auditorium Theater at Roosevelt University, designed by Louis Sullivan, the "father of modernism." Kris Yao and three Spanish architects were bestowed with the Hon. FAIA in the ceremony.

AIA introduced Architect Yao with the following words: "Kris Yao has demonstrated his humanity with the development of physical elements that hold true to human emotion and conditions, cultural and historical context, and a sense of scale and place. His architecture has a poetic nature, using his native eastern aesthetic and spirituality with a sense of natural light, interplay of surfaces and forms and executing all with a high level of innovation and professionalism."

UED website link:
http://uedmagazine.net/UED_Three_Magazine.aspx?one=1&two=8&pid=6748

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http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/gold-coast-city-councillors-get-their-first-look-at-designs-for-southport-chinatown/story-fnj94idh-1226837605387

DE VOLKSKRANT Newspaper, Netherlands, June 2014 report
Reporter Haroon Ali, DE VOLKSKRANT Newspaper

"The architecture has an extremely high recognition value and its complex construction also emphasizes one of the company's ideals corporate architecture as part of the corporate design, which, in turn, is part of corporate identity." - Striking Silhouettes Chapter P. 26-29 / China Steel Corporation Headquarters

Time Space Existence – The Ninth Column
Place:PALAZZO BEMBO, Riva del Carbon # 4793, 30124 Venezia, Italy

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http://www.world-architects.com/es/architecture-news/found/Time_Space_Existence_Preview_Palazzo_Bembo_531
http://www.bzcasa.com/people/eduardo-souto-de-moura
http://www.archdaily.com/531148/100-architects-from-6-continents-discuss-time-space-existence-at-the-2014-venice-biennale/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ArchDaily+(ArchDaily)

Time Space Existence – The Ninth Column

Date:2014.06.07 - 11.23
Place:PALAZZO BEMBO, Riva del Carbon # 4793, 30124 Venezia, Italy
www.palazzobembo.org

The world’s 25th-largest steel producer takes up residency in an all-metal HQ with a twist

WIRED Magazine, UK, March 2014 issue

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http://www.krisyaoartech.com/en/projects/spiritual-spaces/Water-Moon-Monastery

First Prize, China Medical University, Shui-Nan Campus Competition.

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Article、Photography by Yi Yan Wu (2014.04.12)

建築師姚仁喜歷經6年完成的景觀道場《法鼓山農禪寺》，以聖嚴法師箴言「空中花，水中月」為設計理念，將佛教哲學強調的重要觀念：「不是真實存在」的幻相，以具體的建築物表達出來。姚仁喜指出，「怎麼把建築做成『如幻』，因而能提醒造訪者的正念，這是我的工作。」這座深富禪意的道場，入圍本屆遠東建築獎。

Public Television Service / Interview Program (2014.03.07)

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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States with over 150 years of history.  In February 7th, AIA had announced Kris Yao, the Taiwanese architect is to be bestowed the 2014 Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects. AIA National Convention and the Design Exposition this year is to be held in Chicago, Illinois in June.  Kris Yao will receive the honor and presenting his architecture philosophy in the Convention seminars.

After on-site visits of 11 finalists, Water-Moon Monastery has granted the First Prize of the "2013 Taiwan Architecture Award". This year the juries include Japanese Architect Norihiko Dan, and four Taiwanese Architects, Yi Yong Yang, Malone Chang, Shu-Ting Li, and Hua-Shan Guan. The juries commented that though the Water-Moon Monastery is a religious project, it transcends religious and nonreligious tastes. The open spatial design is welcoming, with an abstract presentation of light and shadow giving visitors a sense of serenity.

Wuzhen Theatre and Water-Moon Monastery are proud finalists in the 2013 World Architecture Festival Awards Finalist works.

江南水鄉烏鎮流水處處，幽美如夢。夢境般的水面上，烏鎮大劇院如一朵並蒂蓮燦爛盛放，迎接乘烏蓬船悠悠而來的訪客。「我想用建築打造一個夢中之夢！」建築師姚仁喜表示。

Designed by architect Kris Yao of Kaohsiung Steel Group headquarters building, was the New York high-rise office Architizer A + first prize. The award total of more than 100 pieces from around the world competing skyscrapers, Steel headquarters for review and online voting double first prize.

Architizer 於2009年創立於紐約，為目前全球主要建築網站之一。 2013年Architizer 舉辦第一屆A+ 大獎，邀請全球知名建築師Steven Hall, Bjarke Ingels (BIG)、工業設計師 United Nude- Rem D Koolhaas等200多位專業評審，評選來自100多個國家的建築作品，並且開放全球網路票選。

First Prize, Yilan Second Administration Center Competition.

台北市都市景觀大獎為北市推動優質都市環境景觀重要獎項，第11屆屆參賽作品含括各類型，包含社區營造空間、公私部記者門主導之都市空間、都市空間 展演活動或藝文裝置及其它等，結果由「實踐大學體育館及圖資大樓」榮獲首獎，同時「中山創意基地URS21」獲頒都市再生特別獎、「光點華山/華山電影藝術館」則獲頒歷史建築再利用特別獎殊榮。

Dxmonline / Ten Lectures about Eastern and Western Architecture (2012.11.17)

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透視設計大賞 (Perspective Award) 於2004年由香港Perspective雜誌創辦，邀請各國的設計師參賽，表揚國際建築、室內與工業設計作品中的永續性、挑戰性與原創性。

Taipei Urban Landscape Awards First Prize — Shih Chien University Gymnasium and Library

Artech Architects designs Steel Group headquarters is located in Kaohsiung City Road and Fuxing successful three-way intersection , underground four, on 29 levels , building height of 134.15 meters of steel bone reinforced concrete (SRC) structure , after the completion of the city skyline in Kaohsiung bring new horizons.

姚仁喜：建築要觸動人心，「台灣人對建築的感情，遠不如對手上iPhone的情感」。

中鋼集團總部大樓樓高卅二層，預計年底完工，門牌成功二路八十八號，有「發發」之意，夜間帷幕牆燈管開啟，如鼎器放光，市民稱讚，「夜珍珠」閃爍。

已成為蘭陽新地標的蘭陽博物館，昨日再傳捷報，從全球三百多件參賽作品脫穎而出，獲得美國芝加哥舉辦的國際建築競賽「國際建築獎」（The International Architecture Awards），這也是蘭陽博物館開館兩年以來，於國內外獲頒的第六座建築獎項。

台灣戲劇藝術中心14日動土，建築構想來自京劇一桌二椅概念。
籌備多年的台灣戲劇藝術中心十四日舉行動土典禮，文建會所屬國光劇團以「五福靈官」淨台祈福儀式揭開序幕。台灣戲劇藝術中心未來將由國立台灣傳統藝術總處籌備處所屬國光劇團、台灣音樂中心、國家國樂團與國立實驗合唱團等四個團體進駐，為國內第一個擁有駐院劇團的專業劇場。

Second Prize, Kaohsiung Public Library International Competition, 2011 (Collaboration with Macanoo Architecten)

2011年10月27日至31日於韓國首爾市松波區所舉辦之第15屆「2011年國際宜居城市大會」國際決賽中，蘭陽博物館從全球43個入圍城市（社區）中脫穎而出，榮獲Project Awards金賞大獎。

2011 FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards Construction Quality Category Excallence Award─Lanyang Museum. Construction Quality Category Excallence Award─International Finance Center.

2011 FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards- Taiwan Branch.
Special Contribution For National Development And Property Construction Award (Taiwan, R.O.C.).

First Prize, National Palace Museum Southern Branch Competition.

In Taiwan’s Yilan County, the people still live in harmony with the land, and as an ode to this they have built the Lanyang Museum to share their way of with the world.Michele koh reports on the new project by Artech Architects.

Text by Michele koh

Photography courtesy of Lanyang Museum and Artech Architects

行政院舉辦品質最高榮譽的「公共工程金質獎」揭曉。宜蘭縣政府籌建18年的「蘭陽博物館」榮獲最高殊榮「特優獎」，這已經是這座博物館今年內第三度獲得國內建築首獎，堪稱三冠王。

Superior Construction Quality Awards , 10th Public Construction Golden Quality Award for Outstanding Public Architectural construction. – Lanyang Museum

FIRST PRIZE, 32TH TAIWAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD─LANYANG MUSEUM

「台灣的建築師水準很齊，五件作品很難評出高下。」大陸評審團幾乎一直認可。在第七屆遠東建築獎決賽評審中，在大家激烈討論下，最後評初台灣建築師姚仁喜的大元聯合建築師事務所「蘭陽博物館」贏得本屆台灣組的傑出獎，獲得全國最高的建築獎金一百萬元。

KRIS YAO | ARTECH, the Architectural firm of Kris Yao, had won the Ping Tung Performing Arts Center International Competition Project, and was awarded with design service contract priority. Chung Chia-pin, the Deputy County Magistrate indicated that “Ping Tung Performing Arts Center Construction Plan” is a major public construction. The hall will be majorly used as a music performance hall; therefore, most of the domestic architecture firms with “acoustics” design experiences were invited to join the competition. The goal is to make this Arts Center nationally renowned after 4 years.

The 1st Annual “Selected Excellent Urban Design Reviewed Project at Taoyuan County”:

Award list Public Space Design First Prize,Taipei MRT Airport DE03 Link Competition〈A15-A20 stations〉/ Design by KRIS YAO | ARTECH Private Development Design First Prize, Quanta Research & Development Center / Design by KRIS YAO | ARTECH.

Class 1 Architect Registration, People Republic of China (The National Administration Board of Architectural Registration) The Chinese Government had announced on January 7th, 2009 that 37 Taiwanese architects were qualified to acquire the Class 1 PRC Architect Registration. The name lists were carefully selected, and Kris Yao was among one of the 37.

Taiwanese Architecture - Turning the tide (2009.04) Taipei has been described as the ‘ugly duckling’ of Asian capitals. Frederika Whitehead went to meet an architect who is at the forefront of a generation keen to turn the reputation of Taiwanese architecture around – starting with the nation’s offices

可結合重組大、中型劇院空間 預定2014年啟用。

First Prize, National Quemoy University Student Center Competition.

Competition 1st Prize, Taipei Performing Arts Center, 2009 (collaboration with OMA) The Taipei Performing Arts Center is an international competition project with a construction budget of NT.38 hundred million supervised by the Taipei City Government. OMA, the design team lead by Architect Rem Koolhas has finally won the competition. The Dutch architect, Rem Koolhas, is also the former Prizker winners.

La Biennale di Venezia , 11th Int’l Architecture Exhibition – Taiwan team La Biennale di Venezia 11th Int’l Architecture Exhibition – Taiwan team, 2008 Sunset, the most beautiful moment “The Golden Moment of sunset is the most beautiful moment of a day, and is also the most beautiful moment to view the architecture!” Kris Yao said.

台灣首次舉辦的國際建築師集體創作「下代基因20 (NEXT GENE20) 國際建築博覽會」，將前進今年九月的威尼斯建築雙年展展出。這項國際集體創作計畫，在建商的支持下，邀請十組國際建築團隊及十組台灣建築事務所，在北縣澳底以「新世紀的住宅實驗場」為概念，設計一系列住宅。

三層三角形錯落堆疊 安藤：比正方形更有空間發揮 施工會很辛苦。

日本建築師安藤忠雄設計、一棟擁有不規則三角形、如積木般錯落堆積而成的藝術館，可望於兩年後在台中縣霧峰的亞洲大學揭幕。

First Prize, Yulon / HTC Xindian Twin Tower Headquarters Competition, 2008

First Prize, Hua Nan Bank Headquarters Competition, 2008

90年代起，以台北為中心發展出來的一波新建築美學運動，與80年代做出分水嶺般的斷切。這是台灣近代建築史上重要的一個轉捩點，其主要特色在於由商業導向過濃的後現代主義，迴轉重返入現代主義的大方向，其中姚仁喜建築師就是這波新美學運動的主力舵手，當時其他重要參與建築師還包括有簡學義、張樞等人。

由國家文化藝術基金會所主辦的「國家文藝獎」，為獎勵以生命力量堅持藝術創作，並積極創造獨特且具現代風格的藝文工作者。一向被藝文界視為國家最高榮譽的獎項，目前共分文學、美術、音樂、舞蹈、戲劇、建築、電影等7種類別。

Taiwan Revealed Architecture 2010.07 A shot on Artech Architects' website features a Gursky-like image of 160-odd employees, hands in the air and smiling, at the R&D centre of Quanta, a leading hi-tech company in Taiwan. It suggests a practice that is a master of the Asian megaproject, yet retains a sense of humour and creativity.

Honorable Mention, 6th The Far Eastern Architectural Design Award, 2007-Taiwan High Speed Rail Hsinchu Station.

Honorable Mention, Wei-Wu-Ying Center for The Arts Competition, 2006

移師台中 策展主題「度」隱喻速度

After reviewing 18 selected works, the judges of Taiwan Annual Architecture Award finally chose the winners in the evening of October, 24. They decided to give the award to 4 remarkable projects including Taipei 101, Taiwan High Speed Rail Hsinchu Station, National Pingpei Senior High and Xinyi-Planning District Pedestrian Overpass.

西班牙得獎理由：城市主體還諸人民

First Prize, Taipei MRT Airport DE03 Link Detail Design Competition, 2006

Fourth Prize, Jiangsu Art Museum Competition.

北京建築圈矚目的中國美術館增建比圖，昨日公告，台灣建築師姚仁喜獲得第二獎，首獎從缺，本案將繼續比圖，預計五月中才將完成最後階段，選擇一家出線，姚仁喜的設計出線機率相當高。 

Quanta Research & Development Center is awarded Honorable Mention. The design of Quanta Research & Development Center is formed by a two floors courtyard, and allocated most of the facilities on the site. A skylight is covered on the top of atrium creating a centralized space. Outside of the massing is constructed with the double curtain walls. By using the materials of various dots and punched holes, the second floor is formed by a bar-code as the word “QUANTA.”

創校不及20年、正值「青壯年」期的元智大學，校園一棟棟特色建築，櫛比鱗次，成為美麗的校景之ㄧ，其中尤以資訊圖書大樓最具有特色，出自國內知名建築師姚仁喜之手，還獲得遠東傑出建築設計大獎。

Kris Yao received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the College of Environmental Design, U.C. Berkeley, 2005 After graduating for 26 years, the College of the Environmental Design (CED) of the University of California, Berkeley, is going to give Kris Yao the Distinguished Alumnus Award on May 23rd this year. 

Competition Second Prize, Second Phase of the China Fine Arts Museum Expansion Project, Beijing, 2005 Among the Beijing design industry, the attention-getting competition result of the Expansion Project of the China Fine Arts Museum was finally announced: Kris Yao, the Taiwanese Architect won the 2nd Prize. The 1st Prize was not grant.

Second Prize, Taipei MRT Airport Link DA115 Project Competition, 2005 (Collaboration with Richard Rogers Partnership)

對岸「集群設計」風

預定8月15日開放的高鐵探索館，有一座建築師姚仁喜設計的新竹高鐵車站即將亮相。

蘭陽博物館籌備逾十年下月底動工 仿單面山地型 全館沒有柱子 毗鄰濕地公園 呼應滄海桑田的歷史記憶

China International Practical Exhibition of Architecture

三易其稿 追求完美

參展建築師姚仁喜先生在“變” 

《相對論》創作信仰 引領姚仁喜姚仁祿追尋真我

“Don-Ming Memorial Building” Awarded the First Prize of Far East Architectural Award

首屆遠東校園建築特別獎頒給姚仁喜設計的實踐設計教學大樓

Invitation Exhibition at the 1st Architecture Biennial, Beijing, 2004 – The Drape House

姚仁喜笑言：選上我，唯一的錯 其他勝出團隊 指國內建築界以名氣論定一切 是「幼稚的評論」

International Competition 3rd Prize, Palace Museum, Southern Branch, 2004 By using “Hidden Treasure” as a design theme, Architect Kris Yao tries to hide the building into the ground to create a self-composed data-style. The work has the fine quality to meet the international competition standard.

5th Far East School Campus Architecture Honorary Award, 2004 – Shih Chien University College of Design designed by Kris Yao had won the 5th Far East School Campus Architecture Honorary Award. The juries agreed with the decoration-free architectural concrete material, which expressed well of the self-examination, sincere and honest spirit advocated by the University’s education.

2nd Annual Green Architecture Design Award, 2004- Fubon Tian-Mu Housing

International Invitation Competition 1st Prize, Guangzhou Nansha Business Center, 2003

姚仁喜參加鹿特丹建築雙年展 作品人氣匯集 設計靈感來自雲門現代舞

Invitation Exhibition at the 1st International Architecture Biennale, Rotterdam, 2003 Mobility: Taiwan Exhibition - in transferring

The Accton Inc. Headquarters project carrying the spirit of the “gnome” fairy tale had its open competition extended presentation held in Taipei on the 17th. Artech Architects, lead by Architect Kris Yao, finally gained the design authority by a humble, genial design theory.

Honorable Mention, the Taiwan Architecture Award, 2003-Shih Chien University College Of Design, Taipei

Second Prize, Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 1 Renovation Competition.

建築雙年展台灣館訂六日晚盛大開幕 設計師姚仁喜以「月台意象」傳達台灣共同的生活與情感

姚仁喜的「二O五O願景台灣」 高鐵新竹站與金黃稻穀 在水都發光

我拍的這一張照片也被印程海報，張貼在全省各地，同時也散布到全球的慈濟聯絡終點。而此刻，它正貼在集集國小動工典禮的舞台上。照片裡的鄭粢予，此刻正坐在台下的草坪上參加盛會呢!

「台灣回來了！」義大利人親切的一句話，為第八屆威尼斯建築雙年展台灣館的開幕揭開序曲！

代表台灣參加今年威尼斯建築展的設計案，昨日出爐。二OO四年才將完工的新竹高鐵車站於九月六日起，成為代表台灣建築的新趨勢，在威尼斯展出。

建築雙年展台灣館開幕 鋪滿稻穀和玻璃的地坪、觀眾成為月台人群…感動了當地建築師

精于規劃、設計住商樓宇，房產經驗十分豐碩，由姚仁喜建築師親自領軍，已世界知名的「大元建築及設計事務所」，由台北、香港展轉在去年中旬正式落戶上海，目前業務直線上升，深獲滬上房產商青睞，其傲世作品也已陸續在市場上展現。

2002年威尼斯雙年展台灣館評審結果出爐

Representing Taiwan to participate at the 8th Int’l Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, 2002 THSR Hsinchu Station/Kris Yao is to represent Taiwan team at the Venice architecture Biennial. Yesterday, the Taiwan team to the Venice Architecture Biennial is announced. Starting from September 6th, the THSR Hsinchu Station, which will be completed in 2004, will represent the new trend of Taiwan architecture to be exhibited La Biennale Di Venezia 8th Int’l Architecture Exhibition in Venice.

台灣建築獎-內湖仁寶電腦獲獎

Honorable Mention, WA Architecture Awards, 2002- Compal Headquarters, Taipei This year’s “WA Architecture Awards” sponsored by the famous Chinese architectural magazine “World Architecture” is just announced. 3 winners and 3 honorable mentions were chosen out of all 44 nominated works. Architect Kris Yao’s Compal Headquarters was awarded with Honorable Mention.

Six Works Awarded First Prize- The First WA Chinese Architecture Award

台灣高鐵新竹站設計高水準 足堪公共工程惕勵

多家造型饒富創意的佛寺禪院 陸續落成

澳洲出版社專書介紹　姚仁喜隨機應變打造空間

1st Prize, the Taiwan Annual Architecture Award, 2001- Compal Headquarters, Taipei

高鐵計畫 催生西部走廊再造 強調不只是一條鐵路建設，而是能改變台灣區域型態的機會

東海教授郭肇立主持圈選-- 凸顯戰前帝國主義現代性與戰後民族主義現代性兩階段意識 近二十年只選出二件

英國「世界建築雜誌」大篇幅介紹姚仁喜等十位台灣建築師作品 但認為建築教育與營建力待提升

校園重建建築獎 姚仁喜建築師設計爽文國中 第二名

蘭陽博物館基地所在─烏石礁公園 曾為蘭陽地區重要的港口之一， 烏石港是海船進入宜蘭的首要港口， 是清代唯一的「正口」，當時蘭陽地區輸出土產米穀 輸入日用什貨，都依賴這個港口。

姚仁喜 設計蘭陽博物館

「遠東建築獎」昨初審 姚仁喜建築師等十件作品及七各團體與個人入圍 九月將決選出得獎者

1st Prize, the Outstanding Architectural Design Award in Chiangsu Province, 2000- Yageo Corp. Suzhou Factory, China

2nd Prize, 921 Earthquake School Rebuilding Design Award, The 2nd Far Eastern Architectural Design Award, 2000 After an eight-hour marathon discussion carried out by the 11 juries, the additional award list of the “special awards of the 921 earthquake school rebuilding award” was finally announced. Kris Yao (Shuang Wen Junior High School of Nan-Tou County) was awarded with the 2nd prize.

Competition 1st Prize, Ethon-Music Center, 2002 Artech Architects/ Kris Yao had won the design priority authority of the Ethon-Music Center Competition held by the Council for Cultural Affairs, the Executive Yuan.

In 2000, the firm was awarded with the 1st prize of the Phase I Development Planning Competition of the Yi-Lan Lan Yan Museum.  Imitating the single side slide rock formation at the Bei-Kuan area as the museum’s building form, which brought resonances among the juries.

「突破與創新」做為第一屆遠東傑出建築設計獎的主題，準確的說這個獎是對台灣當前優秀建築師建築設計成就的一種肯定，但廣義的角度來說，做為台灣第一個由民間企業主辦的建築獎，其主題「突破與創新」含蓋了「建築專業經驗傳統」的承啟。換言之，建築的專業經驗如果可以成為一種傳統，其累積的結果將是一種「文化風格」的顯現，也當然是生活於此的人民一種生活態度與生活內容的「再現」。本屆遠東建築設計傑出獎，以正式獎項之外的「特別獎 」頒發給張昌華建築師與王大閎建築師，我認為應為植基於二位資深建築師在其建築設計作品中對過去五十餘年來的台灣傳統建築發展在建立台灣建築專業經驗傳統上有著不可磨滅的重要貢獻。

一如建築界的預期，第一屆遠東建築設計獎，由姚仁喜建築師錦上添花地掄元，獲得傑出獎與一百萬獎金。

至於佳作獎，亦由近年來的常勝軍，黃聲遠建築師以其位於宜蘭的作品順利摘下第二順位。評審團爭執比較大的是，第三順位的佳作獎得主，兩組三位資深建築師，王秋華/潘冀與吳明修，各有青睞者。但兩位外來的建築師認為，吳明修的作品較為成熟，故將另一佳作獎頒給他。佳作獎獲得五十萬元獎金。

由建築師雜誌社所舉辦的年度建築大獎選拔，今年易名為「一九九九台灣建築獎」日昨選出得獎名單，近年建築得獎常勝軍姚仁喜建築師，又以伽耶山基金會/台中養慧學苑獲得大獎，另一件作品台北大陸工程總部辦公大樓已獲佳作。另一位得獎者為宜蘭礁溪竹林養護院連續兩年得大獎，可說是建築界已呈強者愈強的型態。

大陸工程總部辦公室是一件清新且令人驚喜的建築設計。相較於台灣近年來對於高層建築地強調光亮玻璃帷幕為主要操作手法的作風，這件作品明顯地想嘗試完全不 同的路線。簡潔俐落的玻璃量體懸吊於混凝土柱結構，簡單直接；包括玻璃、清水混凝土以及灰色的結構鋼架，所有材料的使用都呈現出一種在台灣的商業環境中極為少見的簡樸。

1st Prize, 1th The Far Eastern Architectural Design Award, 1999 As expected by the architecture design field, the 1st Prize of 1th The Far Eastern Architectural Design Award was won by Kris Yao. His submitted projects including “Yuan Ze University Library,” “TNNUA College Of Sound And Image Arts,” and “Continental Engineering Corporation Headquarters.”。

“Luminary Buddhist Center” designed by KRIS YAO | ARTECH had won “First Prize, 21th Taiwan Architecture Award.”

“Continental Engineering Corporation Headquarters” designed by KRIS YAO | ARTECH had won “Honorable Mention, 21th Taiwan Architecture Award.”

參與了這屆雜誌獎評審對我來說，才比較有機會領略深入了解別人對建築的態度，比如說中研院資訊所，雜誌作品刊出的時候只是大略了解，這次為了評選這個案 子，花了比較多的精神，了解建築師的態度及意圖。而其它評審的觀點再交融之後的討論，都有助於異於平日自己處理設計案的經驗。而對於比較深入了解的案子， 我也扮演引領其它評審了解其設計意企圖、設計密度的角色，比如高雄紫竹林精舍，我就扮演這種角色。

First Prize, Dharma Drum University Campus Design Competition, 1998

Honor Award, the 20th Taiwan Architect Awards, 1998- Yuan Ze University Library, Taoyuan.

寓抽象概念於知識殿堂的建築之中評元智圖書資訊大樓利用動線的遊走、靈活的量體組合配置與場所精神再現等觀念與設計手法，本案成功地將抽象的概念推演至建築與人的關係，在人的尺度裡，得到另一層次的滿足。

姚仁喜作品人性化贏得喝采 掌握環境脈絡，規畫富邦金融中心大樓、 元智大學圖書資訊大樓，兩件作品均有豐富的晝夜’表情’

得獎感言 建築師不應以名利為念 而應重視利他與服務

He is an architect who uses “humanity” and “affection” to create resonance between architecture and people. The 1997’s National Outstanding Architect Award is awarded to Kris Yao, who is comparably a new comer of the design field. The news has surprised most of people who believed that this award will be given out in a “senior priority” sequence. The publics show their curiosity, and start to discover more about Kris Yao!

Honor Award, the 18th Annual Chinese Architect Journal Award, 1996- Fubon Banking Center.

Honorable Mention, the 18th Taiwan Architect Awards, 1996- Dong Hwa University Graduate Student Housing.

建築人物與作品/專題之一

大元建築事務所 菁英齊匯觸角廣伸東亞，採行合夥制，分層負責、規劃、設計與施工，成績斐然