2024-05-03T06:43:04-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/61377751/rolex-arts-initiative-mentor-kazuyo-sejima-selects-yang-zhao-as-architecture-prote-ge Archinect 2012-11-14T11:31:00-05:00 >2012-11-14T21:15:13-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/74/74ejgb6mwghhft86.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> <strong>Emerging Architect Will Spend Year in Creative Collaboration on Home-for-All</strong></p> <p> Kazuyo Sejima has selected Chinese architect Yang Zhao as her prote&#769;ge&#769; for a year of creative collaboration as part of the Rolex Mentor and Prote&#769;ge&#769; Arts Initiative. This is the first year that architecture has been included as a discipline in the programme that pairs masters and emerging artists in the fields of dance, film, literature, music, theatre and visual arts.</p> <p> Yang Zhao, 32, started an architectural practice, Zhaoyang Studio, in 2007. His current projects include working on two buildings in the rural area of Yunnan Province, China. He has a master&rsquo;s degree in architecture (with distinction) from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.</p> <p> Sejima selected Zhao after a global search, which identified three of the world&rsquo;s leading young architects as finalists. Over the course of a year, Zhao will work on Home-for-All, a project created by Sejima and other leading Japanese architects i...</p>