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Maya Ying Lin (born October 5, 1959) is an American artist and [|**architec**] [|t] who is known for her work in [|sculpture] and [|landscape art]. She is the designer of the [|Vietnam Veterans Memorial] in Washington. [|architect Smith Mountain Lake]

Maya Lin, a [|Chinese American], was born in [|Athens, Ohio]. Her parents immigrated to the United States from People's Republic of China in 1949 and settled in Ohio in 1958, one year before Maya Lin was born. Her father, Henry Huan Lin, was a [|ceramist] and former dean of the [|Ohio University] College of Fine Arts. She is the niece of [|Lin Huiyin], who is said to be the first female architect in China. Lin studied at [|Yale University], where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981 and a [|Master of Architecture] degree in 1986. She has also been awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Yale University, [|Harvard University], [|Williams College] , and [|Smith College]. She was among the youngest in Yale University when she received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts in 1987. She is married to Daniel Wolf, a New York photography dealer. They have two daughters, India and Rachel. Lin is the youngest and has an older brother who is an English professor and [|poet]. Growing up, she did not have many friends and stayed home a lot. She loved school and loved to study. When she was not studying, she took independent courses from [|Ohio University] and spent her free time casting bronzes in the school foundry. Lin, having grown up surrounded by [|white people], has said that she "didn't even realize" she was [|Chinese] until later in life, and that it was not until her 30s that she had a desire to understand her cultural background. Commenting on her design of a new home for the [|Museum of Chinese in America] near New York City's [|Chinatown], Lin attached a personal significance to the project being a Chinese-related project because she wanted her two daughters to "know that part of their heritage

Maya Lin is one of the most prominent architects in the 21st century. Although she started out in the 20th century, her vision and focus was always on how the space needed to be in the future and what it meant to the people. She tried to focus less on how politics influenced design but more on what emotions the space would create and what it would symbolize to the user. Her belief in a space being connected and the transition from inside to outside being fluid, coupled with what a space means, has led her to create some very memorable designs. Along with architectural projects, Maya Lin also worked on several sculptures. Below is a list of Maya Lin's most significant works**. **

· [|Vietnam Veterans Memorial] (VVM) (1980-82), Washington, D.C.    · Aligning Reeds (1985), New Haven, Connecticut · [|Civil Rights Memorial] (1988-89), Montgomery, Alabama · Open-Air Peace Chapel (1988-89), Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania · Topo (1989-91), Charlotte Sports Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina · Eclipsed Time(1989-95), Pennsylvania Station, New York, New York · Women's Table (1990-93), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut · [|Weber House] (1991-93), Williamstown, Massachusetts · Groundswell (1992-93), Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohi · [|Museum for African Art] (1992-93), New York, New York. · Wave Field (1993-95), FXB Aerospace Engineering Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan · 10 Degrees North (1993-96), Rockefeller Foundation Headquarters, New York, New York · A Shift in the Stream (1995-97), Principal Financial Group Headquarters, Des Moines, Iowa · Reading a Garden (1996-98), Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio · Private Duplex Apartment, New York City (1996-98), New York · Topographic Landscape (1997) (Portable sculpture   · Phases of the Moon (1998) (Portable sculpture)    · Avalanche (1998) (Portable sculpture)    ·  [|Langston Hughes Library] (1999), Clinton, Tennessee    · Timetable (2000), Stanford University, Stanford, California    · The character of a hill, under glass (2000-01), American Express Client Services Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota   · Ecliptic (2001), Grand Rapids, Michigan

Interview with Francis Martinez:

Hi, I am Francys. I am in New York in the house of the most important architect in the moment thanks to her different projects around the world "This is a step of fame". Go people! - Hi Francis. - Thank you for comming. First let me ask you about your studies. Where did you study? - I studied in Venezuela at Simon Bolivar University. - After your graduated studies, did you do a master? - Yes, I did a master in Business Administration and I finiched it on june 2019. - Where did you do this master? - I did it at USB too. - Now, whyat do you do? Do you work? - Yes, I am worjing with my siblings in the construction that my fhater has, that is why I did this master, to manage the company. - What types of proyects do you do? - I do many constructions like: building urbanizations and earth moving. - Do you love your job? - 100%. since I was a child. - Thank you Ana for the interview. Good Look. - Thank you Francis, See you.