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Gene Kwangyu King
Taiwan architect, writer, who also acted as editor and curator. His wife is Erin Chinhuei Shih, also architect. His daughter is Lin King, a writer and literary translator.

Born in Taipei, Mr. King received bachelor of architecture from Tunghai university, and master from Virginia Tech. He worked in New York city for 10 years, with tenure at Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates, Rafael Vinoly Architects, etc. He established King Shih Architect (KSA) with his wife Erin C. Shih in Taipei in 1999. The firm focuses on subtle interaction among principles of modernism and specificity of each projects in aspects of the time, the place, and the people.

Mr. King started literary writing since college, ranging among fictions, essays, and architecture writings. He has published two collections of short stories and essays respectively; a historical novel “Dream of the seven-pronged sword” was selected as best ten Chinese novels of the year; “The Builders, the Seas”, published 2023, is a story of four generations of architects that spans 90 years in time while tracing New York, Taiwan, Amoy, and Xiamen. His writing themes focus on sense of time and cultural exchange in an ever-changing world.

Mr. King also acted as editor-in-chief of Dialogue, bilingual, monthly publication on architecture, design, and culture from 1999 to 2005. He also served as chief curator of three major architecture exhibitions in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

CURATING
2004 Council of Cultural Affairs Taiwan Architecture Exhibition “Flowing”, Chief Curator

2005 Ministry of Culture Taiwan New Landscape Movement, Chief Curator

2011-12 Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture “Tri-Ciprocal Cities: the Time, The Place, The People”, Co-Chief Curator

KSA MAJOR WORKS
Asian-Pacific International Baseball Training Center

International Conference Center Tainan

Service Center, Taichung Precision Machinery Industrial Park

2010 Taipei International Floral Expo Fine Arts Museum Park Area

Dadaocheng Church Historical Building Renovation and Addition

Kaoshing Medical University Library II