Sumet Jumsai

Sumet Jumsai
สุเมธ ชุมสาย ณ อยุธยา
Born1939 (age 86–87)
Bangkok, Thailand
OccupationsArchitect 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. He is also a painter and author.[3]

Works

Image Architecture Location Date
British Council BuildingBangkok1970
Science MuseumBangkok1976
Robot BuildingBangkok1986
International School BangkokBangkok1991
Nation BuildingBangkok1991
Privy Council ChambersBangkok2004
S.31 - Bird BuildingBangkok2009
Siriraj Hospital - Srisavarindhira BuildingBangkok2011
New Art Museum (NAM), LangsuanBangkok2015
Image Painting Date
"Jeepney", Paris, 23.II.2000. Oil and oil pastel on canvas 80 x 100 cm2000
"Boats", 10.III.2005. Oil on canvas 70 x 90 cm2005
"Toy", 14.III.2010. Felt pen and oil on canvas 90 x 70 cm2010
"Me 6", 16.III.2014. Oil on canvas 60.5 x 76 cm2014
"Window, 25 Rue de Lille", 2014. Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm2014

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[link removed] 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.
  • Kusno, Abidin (4 April 2014). Behind the Postcolonial: Architecture, Urban Space and Political Cultures in Indonesia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-36516-4.
  • Bunnell, Tim; Drummond, Lisa (15 November 2021). Critical Reflections on Cities in Southeast Asia. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-48823-6.