Dukho Yeon was named Associate Partner in 2005 of Richard Meier & Partners. During his twenty years at the firm, he has served as a principal designer, managing and directing teams on projects ranging from houses to museums, hotels, high-rise office buildings and urban design.
Mr. Yeon´s rigorous design process has yielded a rich array of acclaimed work. His contribution to the firm´s creative portfolio spans across the globe including Pankrac Master Plan, City Tower and City Point in Prague, Canon Headquarters in Tokyo, and the Jubilee Church in Rome; and he is currently the Partner in charge of projects in Prague, Bergamo, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Tokyo, Mexico City, Riviera Maya, Bodrum, the Caribbean, and Teachers Village in Newark. i.Lab in Bergamo, Italy and City Green Court in Prague, Czech Republic will attain the first LEED Platinum certification in each country and will be benchmarks for sustainable design in Europe.
Upon joining the firm in 1989, among many key design roles, he was the Project Architect for the History of Art and Arts Library at Yale University, Museum of Ethnology, Frankfurt, Germany, and Canary Wharf DS-4 Offices, London, England. He was also responsible for competition proposals for Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, Royal Palaces in Dubai, Con Edison East River mixed-use development, New York City, and the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
Mr. Yeon received his Master of Architecture from Harvard University in 1989 and holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University. He received the highest honors and recognition from both universities including the Seipp Memorial Prize for outstanding thesis and Clifton Beckwith Brown Medal for highest cumulative achievement in design at Cornell University. He has given lectures in Europe and in Asia on the firm?s constant vs evolving design philosophies with case studies of current work on the boards. He has been a visiting critic and juror at Cornell University, Columbia University, Harvard University, and the City College of New York. He is a registered architect in New York State and a member of the American Institute of Architects.
