Dorji Yangki
Dorji Yangki is one of the first female Architects from Bhutan.
She studied architecture at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied in England, Norway, and Japan. From 2008 until 2009 she held the Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She also completed a Masters in historic buildings at the British University of York.
Dorji is the first elected female President of the Bhutan Association of Architects and the in 2013. She was also instrumental in leading the drafting of the 2014, for the design of new buildings and cities in the nation. With the Royal University of Bhutan, Dorji was one of the key advisers to help set up the course for the very first degree in Architecture within Bhutan.
As a native from Bhutan, a country that follows the principle of ‘GNH’ or Gross National Happiness, Dorji advocates for sustainable Biophilic design and planning that has a sense of place, connects people to nature and helps to initiate happiness among people.
