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Lin, Maya Ying
Born: 1959 AD
Currently alive, at 48 years of age.
Nationality: Chinese
Categories: Architects, Artists, Designers
Currently alive, at 48 years of age.
Nationality: Chinese
Categories: Architects, Artists, Designers
1959 - Maya Ying Lin, born on the 5th of October in Athens, Ohio. She is an American artist who has become known for her work in architecture.
1981 - Received her BA Architecture, in Yale University.
- At age 21 and while still an undergraduate, she won a public design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1986 - Received her MA Architecture, again in Yale University.
1987 - In Yale conferred upon her an honorary Doctorate Degree in Fine Arts.
1989 - Designed the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama.
1994 - She was the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision.
1995 - Designed the Wave Field at the University of Michigan.
2000 - Re-emerged in public life with a book Boundaries.
- She agreed to act as the artist and architect for the Confluence Project, a series of outdoor installations at historical points along the Columbia River and Snake River in the state of Washington.
2002 - Elected Alumni Fellow of the Yale Corporation, the governing body of Yale University.
2003 - Served on the selection jury of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition.
2005 - She was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.
1981 - Received her BA Architecture, in Yale University.
- At age 21 and while still an undergraduate, she won a public design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1986 - Received her MA Architecture, again in Yale University.
1987 - In Yale conferred upon her an honorary Doctorate Degree in Fine Arts.
1989 - Designed the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama.
1994 - She was the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision.
1995 - Designed the Wave Field at the University of Michigan.
2000 - Re-emerged in public life with a book Boundaries.
- She agreed to act as the artist and architect for the Confluence Project, a series of outdoor installations at historical points along the Columbia River and Snake River in the state of Washington.
2002 - Elected Alumni Fellow of the Yale Corporation, the governing body of Yale University.
2003 - Served on the selection jury of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition.
2005 - She was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York.
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Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes by Richard Andrews and John Beardsley (Hardcover - Nov 6, 2006) “Utilizing the way in which scientists and computers see our world, drawing on images based on sonar views of the ocean floor, to aerial and satellite views of the land, I have started to... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Boundaries by Maya Lin (Hardcover - Oct 5, 2000) After designing the starkly symbolic Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., when she was still an undergraduate, Maya Lin might have been doomed to spend the rest of her architecture career...  |
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Maya Lin: [American Academy in Rome, 10 dicembre 1998-21 febbraio 1999 by Maya Ying Lin (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1998) |
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Maya Lin: Architect and Artist (People to Know) by Mary Malone (Library Binding - Jan 25, 1995) |
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Maya Lin (Americans of character) by Elizabeth Kay (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1997) |
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Maya Lin (Raintree Biographies) by Amy Stone (Library Binding - Feb 25, 2003) |
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