Ma Yansong gave a talk in the CCTV program “We World” on Jul.17th.

MAD reveals 8600 Wilshire, a residential project located in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. 8600 Wilshire is MAD’s first US project and demonstrates founder Ma Yansong’s core design philosophy: to coalesce nature and community into a living environment among high-density cities.

The 45th Los Angeles Architecture Awards, hosted by Los Angeles Business Council(LABC) recently released the list of winners. MAD’s latest released residence project, “8600 Wilshire” was awarded “Design Concept AWard”, and MAD’s another project Beijing Conrad Hotel was awarded “Beyond L.A. Award.”

Chaoyang Park Plaza had the topping ceremony on Jun.10th.

Clover house, MAD’s first project in Japan, had its ground-breaking ceremony in Okazaki, Aichi on May 13th.

Ma Yansong attended the opening of “House Vision Taiwan” today, shared his thoughts on “innovation and cross-over collaboration” and his vision for future living model. He also addressed the speech “Shanshui City” in the opening.

On Apr.30th, Ma Yansong attended the “Second Annual West Coast Innovation Conference” held by Architectural Record, and gave a opening speech about MAD’s architecture practice to over 300 audiences.

Ma Yansong and MAD were invited by LIFE Magazine to design “Wonderland,” a flexible reading space located at PAGE ONE Beijing Sanlitun bookstore. The completed design was unveiled on April 23rd, in honor of World Book Day 2015.

Led by Ma Yansong, MAD won a competition to lead the rebuilding for 71 Via Boncompagni in the heart of Rome in early 2010. After four years of design development and hearings, the project was recently approved by the Rome Planning, Programming and Implementation Department, and Rome City Council. The project now enters the implementation phase, and will become MAD’s first realized project in Europe.

On Nov.20th, 2014, MAD held its “2014 Travel Fellowship Presentation” in its Beijing office. The five finalists shared their stories of “architecture in travel” to over 60 audiences.

MAD releases the design concept of Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. The architectural concept explores the relationship between nature and the urban environment.

In his new book,“Shanshui City”, Ma Yansong talks about the origin and practice of his design philosophy, and his vision for the future of Chinese cities. The launch exhibition was held in Beijing Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) from Sep.27th to Oct.7th.

Ordos Museum designed by MAD is announced the winner of the WAN Metal in Architecture Award 2014. Influenced by Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic domes, the Ordos Museum shields the interior from the physical extremities of the north while also protecting its cultural exhibits from the unknowable growth of the outside city.

Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of MAD’s founding, Ma Yansong’s latest book, “Shanshui City” will receive an international release this October. An accompanying exhibition will be held at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) from September 27th to October 7th, during Beijing Design Week.

On Aug.5th, 2014, Ma Yansong shared his vision of “Shanshui City” to students and faculty members at the University of Melbourne. An exhibition is also held in the Wunderlich Gallery at the university from Jul.30th to Aug.15th showcasing some of MAD’s most influential projects, including the Ordos Museum and Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center.

Following a global search, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA) announced that Beijing-based MAD has been selected as the principal designer for the LMNA site. MAD will work with architects from VOA Associates and Studio Gang to accomplish the vision for the museum.

The time has come again for this year’s MAD Travel Fellowship recipients to be announced. MAD founding principal Ma Yansong started the fellowship in 2009 to foster China’s architecture students in their growth to become the next generation of international architects.

Both an architecture model and a landscape installation, the exhibited artwork “Silhouette Shanshui” is inspired by MAD’s latest project ‘Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center’.

MAD presents its latest project, Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale held in Venice, Italy. The Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center is a city-scale urban project, with an overall building area of approximately 560,000 sqm.

As a recent realization of the concept “Shanshui City,” “Chaoyang Park Plaza” has begun construction. It marks another milestone in one of the practices of MAD’s design theory. This project pushes the boundary of the urbanization process in modern cosmopolitan life by creating a dialogue between artificial scenery and natural landscapes.

On April 10th and 12th, 2014, just before the opening of MAD’s LA office, Ma Yansong was invited by the Virginia Society AIA and Cal Poly’s LA Metro program at A+D Museum, Los Angeles, to speak about the designing with nature and architectural concept of Shanshui City.

Starting April 11th, MAD pieces “Nanjing Zendai Thumb Plaza”, “Absolute Towers”, and “Hutong Bubble” are put on exhibition for a period of one month in the Berlin Chinese Culture Center’s “Chinese Shanshui City Design Exhibition”.

11 March 2014 – The World Economic Forum named Ma Yansong, the founder of MAD, a Young Global Leaders for the year of 2014. This year’s list includes 214 young leaders from 66 countries. Ma Yansong is the first Chinese architect for this honor.

Jan 30, CNN selects MAD work Harbin Cultural Center among “10 eye-popping new buildings in 2014”. The article praises the “curvy, organic structure” of the project, and describes the design’s aim to “join art and nature in an integrated environment.”

As we bid farewell to the year of the snake, we wholly welcome the year of Ma (the horse). On behalf of Ma Yansong, MAD’s partners, and the rest of the architects at MAD, thank you for supporting us all this way and witnessing our growth. We wish you all a happy Chinese New Year!