Sumet Jumsai
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| Sumet Jumsai | |
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| Born | 1939[1] Bangkok, Thailand[1] |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Occupation | Architect and painter |
Sumet Jumsai (Thai: สุเมธ ชุมสาย ณ อยุธยา) (born 1939 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai architect. He was named a National Artist of Thailand in 1998;[2] Member of the French Académie d'Architecture 2002 ; Fellow Commoner, St.John's College, Cambridge, 2003 ; and Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) 2008. He is also a painter and author.[3]
[edit] Works
| Architecture | Location | Date |
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| British Council Building | Bangkok | 1970 |
| Science Museum | Bangkok | 1976 |
| Robot Building | Bangkok | 1986 |
| International School Bangkok | Bangkok | 1991 |
| Nation Building | Bangkok | 1991 |
S.31 - Bird Building   |
Bangkok | 2009 |
Siriraj Hospital - Srisavarindhira Building   |
Bangkok | 2011 |
| Painting | Date | |
"Jeepney", Paris, 23.II.2000. Oil and oil pastel on canvas 80 x 100 cm  |
2000 | |
"Toy", 14.III.2010. Felt pen and oil on canvas 90 x 70 cm  |
2010 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kultermann, Udo. "Architecture in South-East Asia: Thailand". MIMAR: Architecture in Development 20 (1986): 52–29. Singapore: Concept Media Ltd.
- ^ http://art.culture.go.th/index.php?case=libraryDetail&tbo_id=8&file_id=639&rhy_book_id=778
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=lg1t7IhJwsEC&pg=PA98
[edit] Further reading
- Brian Brace Taylor & John Hoskin. Sumet Jumsai. Asia Books (1996). ISBN 9789748925868.
- Biography from the Thai Ministry of Culture (more extensive version in Thai)
- Contemporary Architects, edited by Muriel Emanuel, Macmillan, London, and St. James Press, Chicago 1980 ; 2nd ed. 1987 ; 3rd ed. 1995.
- Sir Banister Fletcher’s A History of Architecture, Architectural Press, London 1996.
- The dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner, Macmillan, London 1996 ; Grove Dictionaries, New York 1996 ; in 34 vols ; Vol. 17, pp. 686-7.
- World Architecture 1900-2000 : A Critical Mosaic, Volume 10 : Southeast Asia and the Oceania, Kenneth Frampton and others, China Architecture & Building Press, Beijing 2000 / Springer Wien, New York 2000.
