Wannasiri Srivarathanabul (Wannasiri Srivarathanabul)

Date of birth: 1 January 1972 (54 years old)

Country: Thai

Wannasiri Srivarathanabul, nicknamed Kung, is a Thai writer, architect and actress. She started writing on architectural articles for the Association of Siamese Architect and later expanded into writing short-story. In 2001, her writing career has taken-off from publishing the first volume of her short stories compilation. Concurrently, she won the first prize in “House and Nature” architectural design contest project. Therefore, V-Vis has been known as an “Architect writer”. Her second volume of short-stories was published not long after. Because of her short-stories, she has been contacted from various magazines to become a regular columnist. Currently, she is also a prolific writer of articles in several leading magazines. In 2002, she launched www.yes-wedo.com online magazine with the concept to assist the youth to “wake up and dream and search for the right lifestyle and career paths”. Just a short while, the web magazine has attracted a number of members. Thus, in 2003, she decided to publish YES! Pocket Magazine by aiming to reach out to the youth throughout the country. Prior to become a writer, V-vis background is in architecture. V-vis received her Master of Architecture from University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) and her Bachelor of Architecture from Chulalongkorn University. Before her return to Thailand she was a teaching assistant at UCD and worked for Michael Barber Architecture in Denver. She is the first full-time professional lecturer who was one of the pioneer in the establishment of Thammasat University’s faculty of architecture. She is also a guest lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology and Kasem Bundit University. After a few years of teaching in architecture, she establishes DP-Studio Co., Ltd., which specializes in Integrated Marketing Communications for Real Estate Development and Luxury Hospitality business.