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Bugs, Bees, and Trees: How to Integrate Biodiversity in the Built Environment

Mohieldin Gamal — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Biodiversity, defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) as the different kinds of life found in an area, is in a state of crisis all across the world, with declines in the numbers of organisms and many species declared as at risk of extinction. All types are affected, from plants and fungi to large mammals, and there is a clear link to human activity being the cause. Although farming methods and climate change due to greenhouse gases play a major role, cities and buildings can play a small but important role in countering this decline.

The Bioclimatic Skyscraper: Kenneth Yeang's Eco-Design Strategies

Ankitha Gattupalli — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Rising over global cities, the modern skyscraper has long been a symbol of economic growth and environmental decline. For years, they have been reviled by environmentalists for being uncontrolled energy consumers. Malaysian architect Kenneth Yeang acknowledged the skyscraper as a necessity in modern cities and adopted a pragmatic approach to greening the otherwise unsustainable building typology. Yeang’s bioclimatic skyscrapers blend the economics of space with sustainability and improved living standards.

Constructed Ecosystems: Ideas and Subsystems in the Work of Ken Yeang

Rene Submissions — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 04:30:00 +0000

Presented here are some of the devices used by Ken Yeang in his endeavors to take his theoretical work on ecoarchitecture into the real world of building. The fundamental underlying premise is that ecoarchitecture, if it is to fully embrace the natural world, must be designed to be ‘living constructed ecosystems’ and not inert denatured structures.

Yeang holds that green design today is still very much in its adolescence, requiring significant developmental work, particularly in architectural biointegration and aesthetic development. Shown and explained here are the various invented devices that Yeang has adopted to technically advance his ideas from the

Workshop by Ken Yeang at Ajman University of Science & Technology, UAE

Rene Submissions — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:23:00 +0000

The department of Architectural Engineering at the College of Engineering in Ajman University of Science and Technology will be holding a workshop from 28th February – 1st March 2016. The workshop is entitled “EcoArchitecture: Green Buildings for UAE” delivered by internationally renowned architect Ken Yeang.

AD Classics: Menara Mesiniaga / T. R. Hamzah & Yeang Sdn. Bhd.

David Douglass-Jaimes — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Marking both an ending, and a beginning, the Menara Mesiniaga (Mesiniaga Tower) in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia (just outside of Kuala Lumpur), is the culmination of Ken Yeang’s years of research into passive strategies for tall buildings, and it marks the first in a line of buildings (what he calls his ‘Series 2’ towers) that fully realize Yeang’s bioclimatic design principles. The embodiment of his tenacious goal to bring passive design to the hot humid climate of Southeast Asia, the principles on display at Menara Mesiniaga have influenced subsequent skyscraper designs across the globe.

Reading Spaces, Spaces for Reading: A look at Singapore's Culture of Reading

Vanessa Quirk — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This article comes to us courtesy of author Jason Wee, an artist, curator, and writer who directs Grey Projects in Singapore. It originally appeared on the Guggenheim's blog on January 14th, 2013.