Sumet Jumsai

Sumet Jumsai
สุเมธ ชุมสาย ณ อยุธยา
Born1939 (age 85–86)
Bangkok, Thailand
Occupation(s)Architect and painter
Awards
BuildingsRobot Building

Sumet Jumsai na Ayudhya (Thai: สุเมธ ชุมสาย ณ อยุธยา) (born 1939 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai architect.[1] He was named a National Artist of Thailand in 1998;[2] Honorary Fellow of The American Institute of Architects 2001 ; Member of the French Académie d'Architecture 2002 ; Fellow Commoner, St.John's College, Cambridge, 2003 and 2013, where he earlier obtained a doctorate degree in architecture ; and Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) 2008.[citation needed] He is also a painter and author.[3]

Works

Image Architecture Location Date
British Council Building Bangkok 1970
Science Museum Bangkok 1976
Robot Building Bangkok 1986
International School Bangkok Bangkok 1991
Nation Building Bangkok 1991
Privy Council Chambers Bangkok 2004
S.31 - Bird Building Bangkok 2009
Siriraj Hospital - Srisavarindhira Building Bangkok 2011
New Art Museum (NAM), Langsuan Bangkok 2015
Image Painting Date
"Jeepney", Paris, 23.II.2000. Oil and oil pastel on canvas 80 x 100 cm 2000
"Boats", 10.III.2005. Oil on canvas 70 x 90 cm 2005
"Toy", 14.III.2010. Felt pen and oil on canvas 90 x 70 cm 2010
"Me 6", 16.III.2014. Oil on canvas 60.5 x 76 cm 2014
"Window, 25 Rue de Lille", 2014. Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm 2014

References

  1. ^ Kultermann, Udo. "Architecture in South-East Asia: Thailand" Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. MIMAR: Architecture in Development 20 (1986): 52–29. Singapore: Concept Media Ltd.
  2. ^ "Sumet Jumsai: รายละเอียด". Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  3. ^ Eliot, Joshua; Bickersteth, Jane (2003). Thailand Handbook. Footprint. ISBN 9781903471548.

Further reading

  • Brian Brace Taylor & John Hoskin. Sumet Jumsai. Asia Books (1996). ISBN 978-974-89258-6-8.
  • Biography from the Thai Ministry of Culture (more extensive version in Thai Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine)
  • 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.