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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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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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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 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。