

At 62 years of age, the Chinese architect was killed in a plane crash in Brazil, where he had traveled to be present at the International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo. Yu was a pioneer in developing the concept of ‘sponge cities,’ nature-based
La Cultural Landscape Foundation has bestowed the 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize (Oberlander Prize), which comes with a US$100,000 award, to the Chinese architect Kongjian Yu, founder of the firm Turenscape.
Architects who become popular for making iconic monuments make big bucks off their skills. A combination of three disciples of engineering, environmental science, and art, Architecture is an influential career. As the countries continue to grow and h