MAD designs Nanhai Art Center to emulate "continuous wave of water"
Architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for an arts centre on a waterfront site in Guangdong, China, which will have an undulating form modelled on moving water. More
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"We look for candidates who have an open attitude to work" says MAD Architects
As part of our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, principal partner at MAD Architects Dang Qun discusses the attributes the firm looks for when hiring. More
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MAD to transform Chinese factory with futuristic rooftop extension
Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled its plans for The Ark, a project involving the renovation and extension of a warehouse at an old cement factory in Shanghai, China. More
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MAD designs bamboo leaf-roofs for Anji Culture and Art Center
Beijing-based MAD Architects has referenced bamboo leaves for a sprawling, six-venue arts and cultural centre in Zhejiang Province in southeast China. More
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Dezeen Awards 2023 architecture longlist revealed
Dezeen has announced the 235 projects longlisted for this year's Dezeen Awards in the architecture categories, including buildings by Santiago Calatrava, Renzo Piano and MAD Architects. More
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Ma Yansong, Rossana Hu and André Fu named judges for Dezeen Awards China 2023
Architects Ma Yansong and Rossana Hu, interior designers André Fu and Alex Mok and furniture designer Frank Chou have been announced as the first five Dezeen Awards China judges. More
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Ma Yansong creates maze-like performance space for Chinese festival
MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong has unveiled The City of Time installation and events space on the beach in Aranya, northern China. More
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MAD wraps China Philharmonic Concert Hall in translucent facade
The translucent, wavy facade of China Philharmonic Concert Hall by MAD is revealed in these construction photos, which capture the building nearing completion in Beijing. More
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MAD's first South American building will resemble "twisting vines"
Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled visuals of Qondesa, a skyscraper for Ecuador's capital Quito that will feature a planted facade and become the city's tallest building. More
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MAD installs reflective ETFE cube at Milan design week
Chinese architecture studio MAD has inserted a 12.5-metre-tall cube, named Momentum, into the courtyard of the University of Milan during Milan design week. More
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Ma Yansong decorates abandoned building with colourful fishing-net installation
Architect Ma Yansong has created Timeless Beacon, an installation constructed from multicoloured fishing nets and reflective film that covers an abandoned market building in China. More
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Watch a live talk with Ma Yansong, Peter Cook and Drawing Architecture Studio
Dezeen is teaming up with Chinese studio MAD to host a live talk about the future of Beijing with the firm's founder Ma Yansong, architect Peter Cook and the founders of Drawing Architecture Studio. More
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MAD unveils design for Danshuis and images of gigantic spiral staircase in Rotterdam
Chinese studio MAD has revealed visuals of its design for the Rotterdam Center for Dance in the Netherlands, as well as photos of the spiral staircase being constructed for its museum next door. More
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Ma Yansong picks six highlights from his Blueprint Beijing exhibition
Architect Ma Yansong, the curator of Blueprint Beijing, a feature exhibition exploring the future of the Chinese capital at the 2022 Beijing Biennial, shares six of his highlight installations from the show. More
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MAD designs feather-like terminal for Changchun airport in China
A floating feather was the visual reference for the airport terminal that Chinese architecture studio MAD is designing in the city of Changchun, Jilin province, China. More
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Chinese architects and designers confident of bounceback as Covid restrictions ease
Architects and designers in China have told Dezeen they expect domestic and international work to ramp up now that tight Covid restrictions are finally easing. More
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MAD's undulating concrete library "doesn't say too much" says Ma Yansong
In the first instalment of Dezeen's Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim, MAD Architects founder Ma Yansong explains how his studio's sinuous concrete library in Haikou, China, encourages visitors to use their imagination. More
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Brandston Partnerships' lighting design highlights sinuous shape of Yabuli conference centre
Architectural lighting design firm Brandston Partnership used concealed facade lighting to showcase the undulating structure of the MAD-designed Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum. More
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MAD completes Quzhou Stadium as part of world's "largest earth-sheltered building"
Architecture studio MAD Architects has completed a sinuous concrete stadium embedded into the ground and covered in grass roofs in Quzhou, China. More
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Photos reveal MAD's "iconic" Lucas Museum under construction in Los Angeles
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has released images of its MAD-designed home under construction in Los Angeles and announced an opening date of 2025. More
