On July 7th, Dezeen’s editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs sat down with Ma Yansong for a chat following the RIBA International Week.

On June 27th, 2017 the Los Angeles City Council unanimously gives the final green light of approval to the Los Angeles $1.5 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

The gallery consists of an unobstructed gallery space that dynamically opens up to its urban environment.

MAD Architects announces the winners of “2017 MAD Travel Fellowship”. From over 500 global applicants, 5 overseas students will be granted the travel fellowship fund to visit China, while 5 Chinese students will be granted the fund for their overseas traveling.

The gallery consists of an unobstructed gallery space that dynamically opens up to its urban environment.

Due to the large volume of applicants, the MAD Travel Fellowship will postpone the recipient announcement to May 29, 2017.

Started in 2009 by MAD’s founding principal Ma Yansong, the MAD Architecture Travel Fellowship will this year be granted to 10 architecture students.

The esteemed prize is awarded to projects of scientific and technological innovation in the fields of construction, engineering, and architecture. The opera house was selected from 128 national projects.

The Clover House was announced to be a winner in the “Kindergartens” category of this year’s Architizer A+ Awards, and was specially designated as a “Jury Winner.” Out of entries from over 100 countries, the Clover House was selected as a shortlisted project earlier this year, and today was deemed an official winner of its category.

MAD Architects revealed its collaboration with Sawaya & Moroni during Milan Design Week. “Mogu,” a chair designed by Ma Yansong, is inspired by the smooth, contoured forms of fungi.

MAD Architects presents their research proposal “Historical Future: Milan Reborn” for the Scali Milano project, community-reactivation masterplan research headed by FS Sistemi Urbani (FS Urban Systems) and Comune di Milano (the Municipality of Milan) with the support of Regione Lombardia (Lombardy Region).

The 105th UED (Urban Environment Design) issue is a special feature that covers MAD Architects’ ten years of international practice since the Absolute Towers began in 2006.

MAD Architects is featured on February’s Nikkei Architecture. In the six-page MAD feature spread, Nikkei Architecture introduces MAD’s 12 years of establishment in architectural development and architectural practice.

MAD is currently looking for: Senior Architect (Respectively specialize in design, project management and construction development), Intermediate Architect, Junior Architect.

lucas museumOn Jan.10th, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art announced the museum will settle its location in Los Angeles.

Designboom has listed the Clover House in this year’s Top 10 children’s education spaces as part of their Big Stories of 2016 list.

CNN recently released a feature article on the Harbin Opera House quoting it as a “work of art”, adoring its soothing nature-inspired sculptural architecture style.

MAD recently just released their first monograph “MAD Works” pubished by Phaidon. Organized thematically, this comprehensive architectural monograph explores the underlying concepts of MAD’s architectural works.

After the Lucas Musuem of Narrative Art announced to leave Chicago in June, the museum released today the competing designs by MAD for both San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Ma Yansong was invited on October 18, 2016 as part of the Plenary Panel Discussion in this year’s CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) International Conference hosted in Shenzhen, China. Along with Winy Maas, Yan Meng, Patrik Schumacher, and Jerry Yin the panel engaged in a conference discussion entitled “Tall Buildings and Context: Appropriate High-Rise Vernaculars”.

The China Philharmonic Orchestra revealed MAD Architects’ design of the new China Philharmonic Concert Hall. The concert hall was designed in collaboration with renowned acoustic expert Yasuhisa Toyota, and will be the orchestra’s first permanent residency.

CNN recently released a feature video as part of their Future Cities Asia series on the completion of Harbin Opera House, quoting it as “one building that can transform the future of a city”. The video gives viewers an unprecedented view into the newly open to public opera house.

Curbed recently put out an exclusive feature on MAD’s newly released Xinhee Research & Design Center. The article emphasizes on today’s office designs and organic styles in architecture. Calling Ma’s signature style as strikingly organic and how his designs all “tell a story”. Xinhee Research & Design Center situated in Xiamen is currently under construction and nearing its completion.

MAD architects have completed their first project in Japan, the Clover House kindergarten. Located in the small town of Okazaki, the school’s setting boasts views of the paddy fields and mountains, characteristic of the Aichi Prefecture. The kindergarten was originally operated out of the old family home of siblings Kentaro and Tamaki Nara, which soon became too small and unfit for expanding their educational goals.