Pyae Thein

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Pyae is a recent graduate from Tyler School of Architecture, Temple University. Pyae’s love for architecture stems from his fascination with human interactions and artistic expression. During both undergraduate and graduate studies, Pyae spent a semester each in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Tokyo, Japan. An avid traveler and trilingual, Pyae has a passion for learning languages and cultures in extension of the vernacular architecture of the places he visits.

Pyae Thein

Get to Know

If you could only eat one breakfast food for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Burmese pancakes

Where did you grow up?

The city of Mandalay, also known as a Gathering of Jewels, Yadanabon

One person in history, dead or alive that you would want to sit with on a plane to California?

Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli

What is the thing you like most about architecture?

Architecture reflects the full spectrum of our humanity—our deepest empathy and our most callous indifference.

Education
  • Bachelor of Arts (Studio Art) College of Wooster, 2019
  • Master of Architecture, Temple University, 2024
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