Ma Yansong creates lantern-like artwork in rural Chinese tea field
MAD architecture studio-founder Ma Yansong's has unveiled his Light artwork in a rural tea field in China. More
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Chinese cities are still copying architecture from other countries, says Ma Yansong
MAD co-founder Ma Yansong says that Chinese cities should draw more from the country's traditional architecture, rather than aping the style of western buildings, in the second part of our exclusive video interview. More
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Ma Yansong: "Architects need to talk about what the future is"
In this video interview filmed at the RIBA International Conference, Chinese architect Ma Yansong of MAD spells out why he believes architects should be proposing visionary ideas for the future, rather than cozying up to developers. More
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"Architects should be more critical and visionary" says Ma Yansong
Architects have become too close to the commercial world and should instead be proposing visionary ideas for the future, according to Chinese architect Ma Yansong of MAD. More
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Ma Yansong invites architecture students to apply for 2017 MAD Travel Fellowship
Dezeen promotion: Beijing architecture studio MAD is calling for students to apply for its travel fellowships, allowing them to research architecture in countries all around the world. More
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Ma Yansong's Mogu Chair is based on the rounded shapes of mushroom caps
MAD founder Ma Yansong has created a chair for Italian brand Sawaya & Moroni that's designed to be arranged like clusters of fungi. More
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David Chipperfield, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Ma Yansong and Elizabeth Diller to speak at RIBA International Week
Dezeen promotion: architects David Chipperfield, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Ma Yansong and Elizabeth Diller will join Dr Joan Clos of UN-Habitat for the centrepiece conference of the Royal Institute of British Architects' International Week in July. More
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Competition: win a copy of MAD's first monograph signed by founder Ma Yansong
Dezeen has teamed up with MAD Architects to give away five signed copies of a book overviewing the firm's past, present and future work. More
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Ma Yansong designs meat-patterned rugs for dogs
MAD architects founder Ma Yansong has created a series of carpets shaped like juicy steaks for labradors (+ movie). More
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MAD wants to "invent a new typology" for high-rise architecture, says Ma Yansong
Movie: in this exclusive video interview filmed in Venice, Ma Yansong of Chinese architects MAD explains his concept for a "shan-shui city", a high density urban development inspired by traditional Chinese paintings of mountain ranges. More
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Ma Yansong unveils mountain-inspired skyscrapers for Beijing
News: Chinese architect Ma Yansong has revealed plans for a mixed-use complex in Beijing featuring skyscrapers, office blocks and public spaces modelled on mountains, hills and lakes. More
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Shanshui City exhibition by Ma Yansong
Ma Yansong of Chinese studio MAD is exhibiting architectural models and sculptures in a Beijing courtyard to illustrate his vision for a future city influenced by nature and shaped by human emotion (+ slideshow). More
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Competition: five Ma Yansong monographs to be won
Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book of projects by Ma Yansong, director at Beijing architecture studio MAD, including the recently completed China Wood Sculpture Museum in Harbin. More
