MAD Architects

A Pair of Helical Staircases Swirl Above MAD Architects’ Fenix Museum of Migration in Rotterdam

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:12:28 -0400

Melding new construction and adaptive reuse, the ‘Tornado’-topped project marks the first completed cultural commission in Europe by the Beijing-based firm.

With One River North, MAD Architects Experiments with Biophilic Design in Denver

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:43 -0400

The apartment tower challenges conventional urban living with a planted sculptural ‘canyon,’ but faces hurdles before it can flourish.

‘Biophilia’ at the Denver Art Museum Explores the Intersection Between Design and the Natural World

Mon, 13 May 2024 01:55:55 -0400

On view through early August, the show spotlights nature-infused architectural works by Studio Gang, MAD Architects, and J. MAYER H. alongside design objects, fashion, and more.

MAD Architects Reanimates a Long-Abandoned Market in Southern China with a Colorful New Beacon

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:51:25 -0400

With ‘Timeless Beacon,’ the Beijing-based firm hopes to attract new visitors to the once-flourishing Ming Dynasty–era trade port.

MAD Architects Creates a Volcano-Inspired Stadium in China

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 06:04:00 -0400

The firm embeds a stadium in an otherworldly landscape in China’s Zhejiang Province.

MAD Architects Creates a "Station in a Forest" for a City in the Yangtze River Delta

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400

In Jiaxing, Ma Yansong has designed a futuristic train station that is also a living tribute to Chinese Communist Party history.

Courtyard Kindergarten by MAD Architects

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

In Beijing, a kindergarten embraces an existing 18^th-century courtyard, providing children with a surprising space to play.

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Breaks Ground in Los Angeles

Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:00:00 -0400

The 290,000-square-foot museum designed by Ma Yansong will join several existing cultural institutions in Exposition Park.

Chaoyang Park Plaza by MAD Architects

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 06:00:00 -0500

A 10-building complex in Beijing draws inspiration from traditional Chinese landscape paintings.

Huangshan Mountain Village by MAD Architects

Sun, 01 Oct 2017 08:00:00 -0400

A large-scale residential complex in a mountain region and UNESCO Heritage Site 250 miles southwest of Shanghai steers clear of the typical urban high-rise.

Harbin Opera House

Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:20:00 -0500

From the bridge connecting bustling downtown Harbin to bucolic Sun Island, the new Harbin Opera House comes into view, with its impressive sloping forms that suggest the snow-capped mountains found in this northern Chinese region.

First Look: Absolute City Centre

goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -0500

Instead of the boxlike apartment and commercial towers in cities everywhere, architect Yansong Ma, principal of Beijing-based MAD, prefers structures that are “organic and soft.”

Hutong Bubble 32

Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

With all of the mega-projects rising in Beijing and radically transforming the city’s skyline, architects and planners can easily forget that important change can happen on the small scale as well.