Huang Baoyu Explained

Huang Baoyu 黃寶瑜
Birth Date:	1918
Death Date:	2000
Significant Buildings:	National Palace Museum Zhongxing Guesthouse

Huang Baoyu (; 1918–2000) was a Taiwanese artist, calligrapher and architect, known for designing the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.^[1] ^[2] His design for the museum was chosen after the original competition winner, Wang Da-hong, refused to modify his design to comply with the government's wishes.^[3] Huang specialised in the traditional Chinese palace style, and was the favourite architect of former leader, Chiang Kai-shek.^[4]

Huang served as chairman of the architecture department of the Chung Yuan Christian College.^[5] He also served in a number of public institutions, working on urban planning projects such as Shimen Reservoir back pool area layout plan (1962), Yangming National Park Project (1963), Kaohsiung Lianchi Lake Scenic Area Plan (1966) and Forest Garden Construction Plan (1966).^[6]

Huang came to Taiwan from China in 1949, when he was appointed as a lecturer at the Provincial Institute of Technology.^[7]

Notable works

Shimen Reservoir Monument (c.1962)
National Palace Museum, Taipei (c.1965)
Taipei City Gate – repair and restoration (c.1966)
Zhongxing Guesthouse, Taipei (c.1970)
Zhongyuan Institute of Technology Building (c.1972)
Sungai Central Community (c.1975)

Publications

"中山博物院之建築 The Architecture of the Chung-Shan Museum, The National Palace Museum Quarterly; 1966 (1.1): 69–78. (in Chinese, by the architect)
A Brief History of Chinese Buddhist Architecture; Publisher: 大乘文化; (in Chinese, by the architect), 1978.

Notes and References

Web site: 中正紀念堂的故事台電人搞建築的高手 . 中正紀念堂的故事台電人搞建築的高手 | 準建築人手札網站 Forgemind ArchiMedia . Forgemind.net . 2003-11-02 . 2017-05-25.
Web site: 建築師雜誌 . Twarchitect.org.tw . 2017-05-25.
Web site: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) . A Doyen Rediscovered - Taiwan Today . Taiwantoday.tw . 2016-02-03 . 2017-05-25.
Book: Stephen Hamnett. Dean Forbes. Professor Department of Geography Dean Forbes. Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience. 29 March 2012. Routledge. 978-1-136-63927-2. 141–.
Book: American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies. Area handbook for the Republic of China. 1969. For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off..
http://www.arch.cycu.edu.tw/50arch/index_people_huang.html
Web site: 黃寶瑜教授(1918-2000). 11 November 2006.