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2024
TSMC Nanjing Campus received LOOP Design Awards
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Hainan Energy Trading Building & Han Pao-Teh Memorial Museum have been recognized by Chicago Athenaeum Museum International Architecture Awards
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Tong Hsing Electronics, TSMC Nanjing Campus recognized by AMP Awards
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Architect Kris Yao is awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree by NYCU
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Tong Hsing Electronics - winners of DNA Paris Design Awards
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KRIS YAO | ARTECH Recognized by 4 Future Awards
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2023
Hainan Energy Trading Building named winner in Dezeen Awards China
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Winners of AMP Awards - Hainan Energy Trading Building, Han Pao-Teh Memorial Museum, and Hotel Resonance Taipei
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KRIS YAO | ARTECH recognized by DFA Awards again
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KRIS YAO | ARTECH–Winner of LOOP Design Awards 2023
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- KRIS YAO | ARTECH-Best Firm in Asia
- Hainan Energy Trading Building-Office of the Year Award Winner
- Han Pao-Teh Memorial Museum-Cultural Category Winner
- Han-Gu Villa-Hospitality & Hotels Category Winner
- Joy City Chongqing-Citation Winner of Mixed-Use Buildings
KRIS YAO | ARTECH–winner of DNA Paris Design Awards
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Han Pao-Teh Memorial Museum named finalist for 2023 Architizer A+
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2022
Foxconn Headquarters Shanghai wins the Architecture MasterPrize
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KRIS YAO | ARTECH has received an Architizer A+ Firm award - Best in Asia.
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2021
Taipei Performing Arts Center received Taipei City Government Distinguished Public Construction Awards
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World Architecture Community 2021.12.02
Hotel Resonance Taipei and Joy City Chongqing received Eurasian Prize 2021
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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Palace Museum, Southern Branch listed in ArchDaily CN's Top 100 projects
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Museum of Prehistory-Tainan Branch & National Taiwan University Cosmology Hall receive honorable mentions from LOOP Design Awards 2021
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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Langyang Musuem wins Public Art Awards
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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2020
Museum of Archaeology receives 2020 DFA Awards
Museum of Archaeology is recognized again, winning 2020 DFA Awards-Merit Award.
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2019
2019 Taiwan Architecture Award Honorable Mention—NTU Chee-Chun Leung Cosmology Hall
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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2018
2018 Architizer A+ Awards Special Mention─NTU Cosmology Hall
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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2017
Formosa Television Media Center has been awarded the First Prize of the 19th National Golden Award for Architecture
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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"Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts" and "Han-Gu Villa" have been awarded the "2017 CADA AWARDS" by the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA)
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)
On April 28, Willy Yu received the 2017 Fellow of the American Institute of Architects at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2017 in Orlando, Florida.
2016
Palace Museum, Southern Branch has received the Special Award of Taiwan Architecture Awards
China Steel Corporation Headquarters is selected as the “2016 Around the World in 80 Buildings: Asia's Most Astounding Architecture” in Architizer's collection.
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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.
THSR Changhua Station received Architizer A+ Award - Global Voting for the most Popular Bus & Train Station
2015
Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts has received the Special Award of Taiwan Architecture Awards
2014
Water Moon Monastery has been awarded the “National Architecture Awards, 2014”
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China Steel Corporation HQ Designed by Kris Yao has been awarded the “International Architecture Awards, 2014”
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.
On June 27, Kris Yao received an AIA Honorary Fellowship at the 2014 AIA Annual Convention held at Roosevelt University, Chicago
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."
8th Far Eastern Architectural Design Award - Honorable Mention & Most Popular Award - Water-Moon Monastery
MOREKris Yao has been bestowed the 2014 Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects
2013
First Prize, 35th Taiwan Architecture Award─Water-Moon Monastery
China Steel Corporation Headquarters Designed by Kris Yao Won Architizer A+ Frist Prize
First Prize, Architizer A+ Award For High-Rise Office Building Class Group (16 Floors +) Both The Jury And Popular Vote─China Steel Corporation Headquarters
2012
Taipei Urban Landscape Award, First Prize - Shih Chien University Gymnasium and Library / NOWnews
Perspective Awards 2012─Lanyang Museum
11th Taipei Urban Landscape Awards First Prize─Shih Chien University Gymnasium And Library
2011
Golden Project Award, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Award for Livable Communities (UN)─Lanyang Museum
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。
Fiabci Prixd, Excellence Awards, Construction Quality Category Excellence Award─Lanyang Museum、International Finance Center
2011 FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards Construction Quality Category Excallence Award─Lanyang Museum. Construction Quality Category Excallence Award─International Finance Center.
Special Contribution for National Development and Property Construction Award (Taiwan, R.O.C.)
2011 FIABCI Prix d’Excellence Awards- Taiwan Branch.
Special Contribution For National Development And Property Construction Award (Taiwan, R.O.C.).
2010
Lanyang Museum Wins the Public Construction Award / BCC NEWS NETWORK
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。
10th Public Construction Golden Quality Award─Lanyang Museum
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
FIRST PRIZE, 32TH TAIWAN ARCHITECTURE AWARD─LANYANG MUSEUM
First Prize, 7th The Far Eastern Architectural Design 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。
2009
First Prize, Selected Urban Design Reviewed Projects at Taoyuan─Tiaa Mrt System, A15-A20 Station、Quanta Research & Development Center
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.
Architect Registration, People Republic of China
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.
2007
National Award For Arts (Taiwan, R.O.C)
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。
Honorable Mention, 6th The Far Eastern Architectural Design Award─Taiwan High Speed Rail Hsinchu Station
Honorable Mention, 6th The Far Eastern Architectural Design Award, 2007-Taiwan High Speed Rail Hsinchu Station.
2006
Honorable Mention, Wei-Wu-Ying Center for The Arts Competition
Honorable Mention, Wei-Wu-Ying Center for The Arts Competition, 2006
First Prize, 28th Taiwan Architect Awards─Taiwan High Speed Rail Hsinchu Station
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.
2005
Honorable Mention, 27th Taiwan Architecture Award─Quanta Research & Development Center
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.”
Distinguished Alumnus Award, College of Environmental Design, University California, Berkeley
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.
2004
First Prize, 5th Far East School Campus Architecture Honorary Award─Shih Chien University College of Design
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.
Green Architecture Design Award, 2004-Fubon Tian-Mu Housing
2nd Annual Green Architecture Design Award, 2004- Fubon Tian-Mu Housing
2003
Invitation Exhibition at International Architecture Biennale
Invitation Exhibition at the 1st International Architecture Biennale, Rotterdam, 2003 Mobility: Taiwan Exhibition - in transferring
Honorable Mention, 25th Taiwan Architecture Award─Shih Chien University College of Design
Honorable Mention, the Taiwan Architecture Award, 2003-Shih Chien University College Of Design, Taipei
Second Prize, Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 1 Renovation Competition
Second Prize, Taoyuan International Airport Terminal 1 Renovation Competition.
2002
La Biennale Di Venezia 8th Int’l Architecture Exhibition
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.
Honorable Mention, WA Architecture Awards
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.
The First WA Chinese Architecture Award
Six Works Awarded First Prize- The First WA Chinese Architecture Award
2001
2000
1st Prize, The Outstanding Architectural Design
1st Prize, the Outstanding Architectural Design Award in Chiangsu Province, 2000- Yageo Corp. Suzhou Factory, China
921 Earthquake School Rebuilding Design Award / Liberty Times
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.
1999
彰顯專業領先與傳承的突破與創新 / Min Sheng Daily
「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。
First Prize, 1th The Far Eastern Architectural Design Award
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.”。
First Prize, 21th Taiwan Architecture Award─Luminary Buddhist Center
“Luminary Buddhist Center” designed by KRIS YAO | ARTECH had won “First Prize, 21th Taiwan Architecture Award.”
Honorable Mention, 21th Taiwan Architecture Award─Continental Engineering Corporation Headquarters
“Continental Engineering Corporation Headquarters” designed by KRIS YAO | ARTECH had won “Honorable Mention, 21th Taiwan Architecture Award.”
1998
Honor Award, 20th Taiwan Architect Awards─Yuan Ze University Library
Honor Award, the 20th Taiwan Architect Awards, 1998- Yuan Ze University Library, Taoyuan.
1997
Outstanding Architect Award(Taiwan, R.O.C.)
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!
1996
Honor Award, 18th Taiwan Architect Awards─Fubon Banking Center
Honor Award, the 18th Annual Chinese Architect Journal Award, 1996- Fubon Banking Center.
Honorable Mention, 18th Taiwan Architect Awards─Dong Hwa University Graduate Student Housing
Honorable Mention, the 18th Taiwan Architect Awards, 1996- Dong Hwa University Graduate Student Housing.