Yi, Eun Young was born 1956 in DaeJeon, Korea. Undergraduate Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea and Graduate RWTH Aachen, Germany. He Worked for O. M. Ungers and J. Schürmann in Cologne. After receiving his architects license from Germany, 1994 established Yi Architects in Cologne and 2021 expanded the office in Seoul , where he is until now coordinating international projects, with a focus in Europe and Asia. He taught at RWTH Aachen in Germany and served as a professor at Hanyang University in Korea from 2000 to 2011. Notable projects include the Public Library in Stuttgart, Germany (awarded 1st place in the Europe open competition in 1999, completed in 2011), the New Parliament of Niedersachsen in Hannover, Germany (awarded 1st place in the Europe open competition in 2010), Nanjing Library in China (International invited competition in 1999), Aqua-Forum of Hanyang University in Ansan Campus, Korea (completed in 2002), Sodam Gallery in Heyri, Korea (completed in 2003), Jeollabukdo Main Library in Jeonju (awarded 1st place in the National open competition in 2021), and the Nonhyun Culture Forum (completed in 2023). He was awarded the Hugo Häring Awards in Germany in 2013. The Stuttgart City Library has been honored by CNN and Time Magazine as one of ‘7 of the world’s most beautiful libraries’, and by Architectural Digest as one of ‘the most spectacular libraries around the world’.