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Kulapat Yantrasast (born in Bangkok) is a Thai architect who is the founding partner and creative director of (wHY ), an interdisciplinary design studio with workshops of buildings, grounds, objects and ideas. The studio's unique area of expertise includes the vision, design and transformation of civic and cultural institutions with focus on community and creative sustainable mission, museum gallery installation, and exhibition designs. Yantrasast's studio designed the Grand Rapids Art Museum, which opened in October 2007, the first new art museum building in the world to receive the LEED certification (Gold).〔See (Reuters, March 20, 2008 ), (New York Times, March 3, 2007 )〕 Yantrasast was named of the 100 Most Powerful People in the Art World by Art+Auction magazine in their 2012 Power 100 issue. 〔 http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/752474/artauctions-power-100-francois-pinault-dasha-zhukova-larry-gagosian-and-more 〕 ==Story== Yantrasast was born in Bangkok, Thailand, where he graduated with honors from Chulalongkorn University. He received his M.Arch. and Ph.D. degrees in Architecture from the University of Tokyo, under a Japanese Government scholarship. From 1996 to 2003, Yantrasast worked as a close associate to famous Japanese architect Tadao Ando,〔(New York Times, May 30, 2010 )〕 responsible on international projects including the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas (2002),〔(The Modern )〕 Armani / Teatro in Milan, Italy (2001),〔(YouTube )〕 Fondation Francois Pinault pour l’Art Contemporain in Paris, France (2001–2003),〔(The Guardian, Art and Design, October 11, 2004 )〕 the Calder Museum project in Philadelphia, PA (1999–2002)〔(Philadelphia Museum, 2001 )〕 and the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA (2001-ongoing)〔(Art Daily )〕 as well as international design competitions. wHY continues to collaborate with Tadao Ando on a few selected projects. Since 2005 Yantrasast has served on the (Artists’ Committee of the Americans for the Arts ), the nation’s oldest organization for support of the arts in the society.〔(Arts USA: Committee )〕 Yantrasast lectures widely on creativity, food as well as architecture all over the world.〔(National Building Museum )〕 In 2009, Yantrasast received the Silpathorn Award for Design from Thailand's Ministry of Culture for outstanding achievement and notable contributions to Thai contemporary arts and culture. He is the first architect to receive the prestigious award.〔Silpathorn Award to Yantrasast〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kulapat Yantrasast」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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