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T.R.Hamzah & Yeang Sdn.Bhd.
is an international architect firm with its HQ in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, best known for designing innovative
signature green buildings and masterplans. The firm has been in existence over
3 decades,
with projects in Europe, USA and Asia. Key projects include
the high-rise National Library Board building (Singapore), the
40-storey Eco-Tower at Elephant & Castle, the 24-storey
IBM Building (Malaysia) and 15-storey Mesiniaga Building (IBM
franchise) (Malaysia), Wirrina Cove Condominium (Australia).
The principals are Tengku Robert Hamzah and Dr. Ken
Yeang. Both the principals' architectural education were
at the AA (Architectural Association) School (London). Tengku
Robert Hamzah, a prince in the Malay Royal family, and had completed
the AA Tropical Architecture School course under Dr.Otto Koenigsberger.
Dato' Dr. Ken Yeang subsequently received a doctorate from Cambridge
University (UK) on ecological design.
The firm has received over 20 awards including the Aga Khan
Award for Archiecture (1995) and the RAIA International Award (in
1997 and 1999). The firm's work has been published extensively
in the international press.
The firm's design expertise is in their ecological approach
for the design of large projects and buildings that include
consideration given to their impacts on the site's ecology and
the building's use of energy and materials over its life-cycle.
Much of the firm's early work pioneers the passive low-energy
design of skyscrapers, as the 'bioclimatic skyscraper'. The
firm is a long-serving member of the Council on Tall buildings
and Urban habitat (USA). The firm practices Cost Planning (
in delivering Projects to be within Client's budget) with great
emphasis on rigorous in-house project management and control.
The firm has a sister company in UK, Llewelyn Davies Yeang.
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