.	Sumet Jumsai Architect, b. 1939, Bangkok

Academic Background

1958-67	Studied architecture and obtained Ph.D. at Cambridge University
1989	Bye Fellow, Robinson College, Cambridge University, Michaelmas
1989/91	Studio tutor, Dept. of Architecture, Cambridge University, Michaelmas
1991	Faculty member of the Dept. of Architecture, Cambridge University

Government & Social Work Member of Thai government and NGO committees on the environment, historic conservation, art & culture, urban development and slum community, as well as being a painter and author. Private Practice In private practice since 1969 and responsible for numerous projects. At present, Chairman of Bangkok- based architectural firm SJA 3D Co., Ltd. Works published and exhibited world-wide.

Exhibitions Architecture :

1986	- "Fifty Leading Architects of the World", Vienna, Austria
1991	- Projects by Sumet Jumsai Associates, Osaka International House, Osaka, Japan
1995	- Place des Nations Competition Exhibition, Geneva
1996	- The Venice Biennale 1996 / International Architects Section - Group artists-architects travelling exhibition entitled "Cities on the Move" ; 1997 / 8 : Vienna ; Bordeaux ; Long Island City, N.Y. ; 1998 / 9 : Humlebaek, Denmark ; Hayward Gallery, London

Painting :

1997	- Exhibition of 3, Suan Pakkad Palace, Bangkok
1999	- Solo exhibtion at Galerie Atelier Visconti, Paris

Awards

1982- 1991	- A total of 9 Gold Medal Awards for architecture, Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage
1999	- Crystal Award (for the arts), World Economic Forum, Davos

Publications by Sumet Jumsai : Amongst which a book : NAGA - Cultural origins is Siam and the West Pacific, Oxford University Press, 1988 & 1989, and (in Japanese) Kajima Inst. Publishing, Tokyo, 1992. Third printing in English, DD Books, Bangkok 1997.

Reference Publications on Sumet Jumsai : Books

Architecture in the Seventies, by Udo Kultemann, The Architectural Press, London 1980 * Architekten der Dritten Welt, by Udo Kultermann, DuMont, Cologne 1980 Contemporary Architects, edited by Muriel Emanuel, Macmillan, London, and St. James Press, Chicago 1980 ; 2nd ed. 1987 ; 3rd ed. 1995 Colour Outside, by Tom Porter, The Architectural Press, London 1982 Hundred and One Leading Overseas Architects in Contemporary Architecture, edited by Miyake Riichi, Kashima Souppankaima Souppankai Press, Tokyo 1985 * Contemporary Architecture, Vol.9 1987-8, Editions Anthony Krafft, Pully-Lausanne / Switzerland Contemporary Architecture, Vol.10 1988-9, Editions Anthony Krafft, Pully-Lausanne / Switzerland Figure, by Mario Panizza, Edizioni Associate, Rome 1989 100 Contemporary Architects, Drawings & Sketches, by Bill Lacy, Thames and Hudson, London 1991 Twentieth Century Architecture, A Visual History, by Dennis Sharp, Lund Humphries, London 1991 The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, by John Fleming, Hugh Honour, Nikolaus Pevsner, London 1991 Contemporary Asian Architects, by Hasan-Uddin Khan, Taschen, Cologne 1995 * Sumet Jumsai, by Brian Brace Taylor, John Hoskin and Lord Renfrew, The Key Publisher, Bangkok 1996 Place des Nations GenÈ ve, Birkhauser Verlag, Basel 1996 1996 Venice Biennale book catalogue : 6th international architecture exhibition -sensing the future- the architect as seismograph, Electa, Milan 1996 Sir Banister Fletcherís A History of Architecture, Architectural Press, London 1996 Architecture and Identity, by Chris Abel, Architectural Press, Oxford 1997 Dictionnaire del'architecture du xxe siÈ cle, Editions Hazan, Paris 1997 Architects on Architects, ed. Susan gray, Watson-Guptill / BPI Communications, New York 1999

Magazines

Progressive Architecture, USA, Oct. 1970 Architecture Plus, USA, Nov. 1973 A+U, Japan, Oct. 1976 DOMUS, Italy, March 1977 DOMUS, Italy, July 1977 A+U, Japan, Nov. 1977 Nikkei Architecture, Japan, Nov. 1977 Bauen+Wohnen, Switzerland, Oct. 1977 Architektur und Wohnen, Germany, March 1980 Architektur Aktuell, Austria, April 1980 Process Architecture, Japan, Oct. 1980 A+U, Japan, Jan. 1983 A+U, Japan, Feb. 1985 Architectural Record, USA, May 1985 Mimar 20, Singapore and M.I.T. Press, USA, June 1986 A+U, Japan, Feb. 1987 * Mimar 23, Singapore and M.I.T. Press, USA, March 1987 A+U, Japan, April. 1987 Architecture CrÈ È France, Sept. 1987 Architecture (Journal of the American Institute of Architects), USA, Sept. 1987 A+U, Japan, March. 1988 Mimar 30, Singapore and M.I.T. Press, USA, Dec. 1988 A+U, Japan, July 1992 Architecture, USA, Oct. 1997 (on UN / Geneva Project) * Expression (for American Express members), Thai ed. June-July 1999 (* Cover feature)