The landscape architect and educator is honored with the prestigious award in landscape architecture.

 
Peking University, August 16, 2023: Peking University is thrilled to announce that Professor Yu Kongjian from PKU College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture has been selected to receive the 2023 (American) National Design Award for Landscape Architecture. 

Presented by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, the National Design Awards are a Cooper Hewitt initiative launched in 2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium Council, and honor innovation and impact in design. 

Yu Kongjian is a globally recognized leader in ecological landscape planning and design. A farmer’s son, he was trained at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and is the founder of Peking University's College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Yu is also the founder and principal designer of Turenscape, a multi-disciplinary firm specializing in the development of landscapes that combat flooding while repairing ecological damage. 

Several of Yu’s core ideas for nature-based climate adaptations, including the sponge city concept, have been adopted for nationwide implementation by the Chinese government and have had a global reach. Yu is a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lectures widely and has received numerous awards, including the International Federation of Landscape Architects’ Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award in 2020.

Congratulations to Professor Yu Kongjian for winning the prestigious award!

Source: College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Edited by: Dennis Meng