High point of green design
Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (0532) 13 August 2005, 44-47(4)Publication details: 2005Subject(s): Summary: Features the work and ideas of leading eco-architect Kenneth Yeang who is renowned for his unusual employment of skyscrapers in green design. Malaysian-born Yeang admits that eco-buildings cost the client more and energy savings will never make enough of a difference to pay this back. Yeang who has delivered 12 high rise towers and more than 200 projects over a 30-year career at his Kuala Lumpur-based private practice TR Hamzah and Yeang, is now moving permanently to London to become a director of Llewelyn Davies Yeang from where he hopes to promote his eco-concepts. Lists his CV, focuses on the Singapore National Library, his keynote project and provides a note on the history of the Llewelyn Davies practice.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | L130605 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 130605-1001 |
Features the work and ideas of leading eco-architect Kenneth Yeang who is renowned for his unusual employment of skyscrapers in green design. Malaysian-born Yeang admits that eco-buildings cost the client more and energy savings will never make enough of a difference to pay this back. Yeang who has delivered 12 high rise towers and more than 200 projects over a 30-year career at his Kuala Lumpur-based private practice TR Hamzah and Yeang, is now moving permanently to London to become a director of Llewelyn Davies Yeang from where he hopes to promote his eco-concepts. Lists his CV, focuses on the Singapore National Library, his keynote project and provides a note on the history of the Llewelyn Davies practice.