Kulapat Yantrasast

Kulapat Yantrasast
Kulapat Yantrasast in 2015
Born
Alma materChulalongkorn University
University of Tokyo
OccupationArchitect
AwardsSilpathorn Award
PracticewHY
BuildingsGrand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

The Metropolitan Museum of Art AAOA Galleries, New York, New York

EPA Center Arts, East Palo Alto, California

Kulapat Yantrasast (Thai: กุลภัทร ยันตรศาสตร, born in 1968 or 1969[1] in Bangkok) is an architect and designer. Originally from Thailand and now based in Los Angeles, he is a founding partner and Creative Director of WHY, a multidisciplinary design practice.[1] In 2007 Yantrasast led the design for the Grand Rapids Art Museum, the first art museum building in the world to receive the LEED Gold certification for environmentally sustainable design.[2]

  1. ^ a b Loos, Ted (2018-05-24). "The Architect Kulapat Yantrasast Loves 'Making Good Spaces'". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ See Reuters, March 20, 2008, New York Times, March 3, 2007