Architect Kenneth Yeang, whose lecture tonight (Wednesday) at the Graham Foundation is waitlisted, has added a noon lecture this coming Friday, October 13th in the lower core of Crown Hall, at 3360 South State on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The title is Current Projects.To quote from the Graham Foundation description of its lecture:
"Kenneth Yeang is an internationally renowned architect specializing in the design of "green" architecture, or ecologically-responsive large buildings and master plans. He has designed more than a dozen high-rise towers and over two hundred projects worldwide, including the 40-story eco-tower Elephant and Castle in London; the 24-story IBM building in Malaysia; the 15-story Mesiniaga Building, also in Malaysia, which received the prestigious Aga Khan Award; and the National Library in Singapore, honored by the government of Singapore with a Green Platinum Prize, the highest award for a green and sustainable building. His most recent book is Ecodesign: A Manual for Ecological Design."Also this Friday an exhibition, Ken Yeang: Green Design and Planning in Architecture, will open at I space, running through November 11th. I space is located at 230 West Superior, 2nd Floor, Chicago
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