Yan
Yan Art Museum by Guanyu Tao is a winner of the 2025 Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design.
Yan is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs.
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Yan Art Museum redefines the relationship between architecture and nature, serving as a cultural hub that celebrates local heritage. Nestled in the rugged landscape of Rushan, Shandong, its deconstructivist design draws inspiration from stony textures and flowing contours. The museum features water encircled plazas, artist studios, dynamic galleries, and performance spaces, all interconnected across levels. Textured concrete mimics natural stone, seamlessly integrating the structure with its surroundings while transforming the sloped terrain into functional pathways and plazas.
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Yan by Guanyu Tao
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Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Winner in 2025.
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Yan Art Museum
Yan is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Yan is expected to be a praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Yan creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
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Guanyu Tao
Guanyu Tao is an architectural designer and visual artist based in Los Angeles. With a background in architecture and urban design, his work spans the fields of built environment, digital art, and spatial research. Tao’s professional experience includes critical roles in large-scale architectural and planning projects across the United States and China. His work has been recognized by international design institutions and featured in exhibitions and publications. He is an Associate of the American Institute of Architects and a LEED Accredited Professional, contributing to sustainable and context-driven design practice.
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Gerry Tao
The Gerry Tao is an evolving architectural design collection that brings together the in-house architectural works and art pieces of Guanyu Gerry Tao. Spanning from small-scale spatial experiments to large-scale urban planning initiatives, it reflects Guanyu’s professional journey and design philosophy. Through a multidisciplinary lens, the collection explores the intersections of architecture, art, and cultural context, offering a personal yet critical narrative on the built environment.
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