On June 30th, invited by “Moscow Urban Forum,” MAD principal partner Yosuke Hayano attended the forum.

Ma Yansong was this year’s Keynote Speaker at the 45th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards, hosted by the Los Angeles Business Council where he was additionally awarded a Certification of Appreciate from the City of Los Angeles by council member Paul Koretz.

MAD reveals its first residential project to be constructed in Europe. MAD won the project through an international design competition in collaboration with local French architects Accueil – Biecher Architectes.

On May 18th, Ma Yansong delivered a keynote speech in “the 10th World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship” in United Nations General Assembly.

Invited by the Xiamen Construction Bureau and Xiamen Planning Commission, Ma Yansong attended the “the 7th Global Master Architects Forum” and delivered a keynote speech to over 800 audiences, sharing his practice and design philosophy.

WAN Awards announced on May 3rd that Harbin Opera House is the winner for “2016 WAN Performing Spaces Award.” In an award release statement, the WAN Award is impressed by this new cultural landmark with special natural context, and its emphasize in public interaction and participation with the building. Quotes from the judge Gerardo Broissin:

MAD Architects reveals its collaboration with Olivari at The Milan Design Week. “Marilyn,” a door handle designed by Ma Yansong is a nod to the pair of residential buildings, designed by MAD in 2006 and nick-named “The Marilyn Monroe Towers” by the local residents of Mississauga, Canada due to their elegant curvature.

On Apr.14th, the New York Times published an exclusive interview with Ma Yansong.

MAD Architects creates a translucent installation for the 2016 Milan Design Week in the traditional Cortile d’Onore courtyard of Università degli Studi di Milano. MAD’s contribution, entitled “Invisible Border”, alters the perception of space.

Monday April 11th: Tomorrow is the official opening for the 2016th edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan. MAD Architects and Ma Yansong is participating in several activities throughout the city. Here is a quick overview of some of them.   What: Revealing of MAD’s Pavilion for Interni’s “OPEN BORDERS” exhibition at the Cortile d’Onore.

Fobes discusses the design of MAD newly completed Harbin Opera House with Ma Yansong. In the article Forbes calls Harbin Opera House “the new high note in opera design”.

ArchDaily editors selects Ordos Museum as one of the 20 Amazing 21st Century Museums.They think Ordos Museum is one of the twenty fascinating museums well worth visiting.

Mar.17th, Fast Company Design published an exclusive interview with Ma Yansong.

Invited by the School of Architecture, University of Texas in Austin, Ma Yansong presented a lecture “in Dialogue with the Nature” on Mar.9th.

“Architecture is a special kind of carrier that showcases the accumulations of culture, time and history. The world itself is already a great textbook.”— Ma Yansong

ArchDaily revealed the winners of the “2016 ArchDaily Building of the Year” Awards. Harbin Opera House, MAD’s most recently completed project was elected as the winner of “Cultural Architecture.”

MAD principal partner Yosuke Hayano presents “Micro Garden,” a research study regarding future Hutong Toilet in the Final Presentation of 2016 “CHINA HOUSE VISION”.

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The 12th issue of RIBA Journal 2015 published the cover story of an exclusive interview with Ma Yansong, and the latest construction images of Huangshan Mountain Village.

  MAD Architects unveils the completed Harbin Opera House, located in the Northern Chinese city of Harbin. In 2010, MAD won the international open competition for Harbin Cultural Island, a master plan for an opera house, a cultural center, and the surrounding wetland landscape along Harbin’s Songhua River. The sinuous opera house is the focal

Future Forest Island designed by MAD is exhibited in 2015 Urbanism / Architecture Bi-city Biennale (SZ) PRD 2.0

Ma Yansong Presents The Awards Of The Sixth Edition Of International Design Competition, jumpthegap

MAD launched the English version of Shanshui City (Lars Müller Publishers) on October 13th at the Architecture & Design Museum, Los Angeles.