Dorji Yangki

Dorji Yangki

Director of the Office of the Governor, Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority

Dorji Yangki is the Managing Director of the Office of the Governor of Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), Bhutan’s Special Administrative Region established under Royal Charter in 2023. One of Bhutan’s first female architects, she brings over three decades of experience in public service, academia, and private practice in Bhutan and abroad.
A former Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Dorji is a strong advocate for climate-resilient and biophilic design rooted in Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness values. She helped establish Bhutan’s first national heritage conservation office and led major restoration projects, including Taktsang Monastery and Semtokha Dzong. She also authored Bhutan’s first Green Building Guidelines and drafted the national Architecture Guidelines, now adopted nationwide.
Dorji has been a leader in advancing architecture in Bhutan and the region, serving as the first elected President of the Bhutan Institute of Architects and the first female Chair of the South Asian Association of Architects (SAARCH). She studied architecture in Australia and has trained internationally in Japan, France, Norway, the Netherlands, India, the USA, and the UK.



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