Dr. Ken Yeang is the world 's leading architect in ecological and passive low energy design . He has delivered over 200 built projects and his 'bioclimatic ' towers have had an impact around the world , fusing high-tech and organic principles . Born in Penang , Malaysia in 1948 , Yeang was educated there , as well as in the U.S. and the UK , receiving his doctorate in Architecture from Cambridge University , and attending graduate courses at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard . His expertise in the field of green design originated from his early doctoral dissertation from Cambridge University ( 1971-1974 ) followed by his ongoing R & D work , which has since led to the publication of a number of his treatises on the topic of ecological design and planning , bioclimatic design and high-rise design . His publications include : `` The Skyscraper : Bioclimatically Considered , '' `` The Green Skyscraper : The Basis for Designing Sustainable , Intensive Buildings , '' and his latest book `` Ecodesign : A manual for Ecological Design . '' He is a member of the RIBA and is registered with ARB . Over his 35 years of professional practice , he has seen to completion over a hundred projects on site , including having designed over 50 skyscrapers , with over 12 completed , and currently three towers in construction . He is best known as the inventor of the Bioclimatic skyscraper ( as a genre of low-energy skyscrapers based on bioclimatic design principles ) , and for his novel ideas on designing the high-rise building type as vertical urban design . E-mail to a friend .
Born in Malaysia in 1948 , Yeang studied at Cambridge in the UK . He is an expert in green design , incorporating organic and inorganic elements . Yeang is best known as inventor of the bioclimatic skyscraper .