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<h2 id="significant-projects">Significant Projects</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lucas_Museum_of_Narrative_Art/zxwT6aW6">Lucas Museum of Narrative Art</a>, On-going – Los Angeles, California, USA<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jiaxing_railway_station/VFX1Kb5u">Jiaxing railway station</a> – Jiaxing, China</li> <li>Harbin Opera House, 2015 – <a href="/facts/Harbin%2c_China/IPtT5S5o">Harbin, China</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>Tunnel of Light – Echigo, Japan<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.i-mad.com/press/mad-architects-shenzhen-bay-culture-park/">Shenzhen Bay Culture Park</a> - Shenzhen, China</li> <li>Pingtan Art Museum - Pingtan, China<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Harbin_Grand_Theatre/rPMw8HRt">Harbin Grand Theatre</a>, Harbin, China<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>China Wood Sculpture Museum, 2012 – Harbin, China<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ordos_Museum/sJH6uN0M">Ordos Museum</a>, 2011 – <a href="/facts/Ordos%2c_China/wwEUhnEL">Ordos, China</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><i>National Art Museum of China</i> - Beijing, China<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li>Hutong Bubble, 2009 – Beijing, China<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li>Wormhole library, 2021 – <a href="/facts/Hainan/wUWoHo1V">Hainan</a></li></ul> <h2 id="residentialhospitality-projects">Residential/Hospitality projects</h2> <ul><li>One River North (ongoing) – Denver, Colorado, USA<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li>Gardenhouse, 2020 – Beverly Hills, California, USA<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li>Huangshan Mountain Village, 2017 – Huangshan, China<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li>71 Via Boncompagni, 2019 – Rome, Italy<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li>Sanya Phoenix Island, 2018 – Sanya, China</li> <li>UNIC (Parc Clichy-Batignolles), 2019 – <a href="/facts/Paris%2c_France/DrNHpwnA">Paris, France</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li>Baiziwan Social Housing, 2017 – Beijing, China</li> <li>Conrad Hotel, 2013 – Beijing, China</li> <li><a href="/facts/Absolute_World/KUmANeDo">Absolute Towers</a>, 2012 – <a href="/facts/Mississauga%2c_Canada/xhu6RGJp">Mississauga, Canada</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li>Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort, 2012 – <a href="/facts/Huzhou%2c_China/el8paMpy">Huzhou, China</a></li> <li>Fake Hills, 2015 – Beihei, China</li> <li>Soho Shanghai – Shanghai, China</li> <li>Urban Forest, 2009 – <a href="/facts/Chongqing%2c_China/TdWVCCKY">Chongqing, China</a></li> <li>Taichung Convention Center – Tai Chung, Taiwan</li> <li>Hongluo Clubhouse – Beijing, China</li></ul> <h2 id="commercialoffice-projects">Commercial/Office projects</h2> <ul><li>Xinhee Research & Design Center, 2018 – <a href="/facts/Xiamen%2c_China/h431LYgR">Xiamen, China</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></li> <li>Chaoyang Park Plaza, 2017 – Beijing, China<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li>Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, Under construction – <a href="/facts/Nanjing%2c_China/WennCVWt">Nanjing, China</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sino-Steel_Tower/QoKhS0z1">Sino-Steel</a> International Plaza & MGM Mirage, 2018 - Tianjin, China<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="educational-projects">Educational projects</h2> <ul><li>Clover House, 2016 - Aichi, Japan<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="exhibitions">Exhibitions</h2> <ul><li>2016 "Invisible Border", Milan Design Week, <a href="/facts/Milan%2c_Italy/0xrtbPdt">Milan, Italy</a></li> <li>2015 "MADe in China", Danish Architecture Center, Solo Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark</li> <li>2015 "Architectures for Dogs", Shanghai Himalayas Museum, <a href="/facts/Shanghai%2c_China/nYyuBo2S">Shanghai, China</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li> <li>2015 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism Architecture, <a href="/facts/Shenzhen%2c_China/B8rnXRf8">Shenzhen, China</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></li> <li>2014 Shanshui City Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, Beijing, China <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li>2014 “The Changing Skyline” - Beijing Design Week, Beijing, China <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li> <li>2014 “Future Cities -- High Mountain, Flowing Water” China Shan-Shui City Design Exhibition <a href="/facts/Berlin%2c_Germany/pMTIRNXK">Berlin, Germany</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li> <li>2014 “Silhouette Shanshui”, “Across Chinese Cities - Beijing”, 14th Venice Architecture Exhibition <a href="/facts/Venice%2c_Italy/Xzc2uVDg">Venice, Italy</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li> <li>2013 Shanshui City Exhibition, Solo Exhibition Beijing, China <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li> <li>2012 Between the Modernity and Tradition, Solo Exhibition, ICO Museum <a href="/facts/Madrid%2c_Spain/B63nL2DB">Madrid, Spain</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li> <li>2011 Verso Est: Chinese Architectural Landscape, MAXXI, Rome, Italy <a href="/facts/Rome%2c_Italy/bh1Ttx3T">Rome, Italy</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></li> <li>2010 "Feelings Are Facts", Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Exhibition with Olafur Eliasson, Beijing, China</li></ul> <h2 id="artinstallation-projects">Art/Installation projects</h2> <ul><li>Super Star: A Mobile China Town, 2006-2018 - 11th Venice Architecture Biennale</li> <li>Rebuilt WTC - New York, USA</li> <li>Ink Ice, 2006 - Beijing, China</li> <li>Fish Tank, 2004</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Los Angeles approves long-awaited George Lucas art museum". CNN. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/28/architecture/george-lucas-museum/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/28/architecture/george-lucas-museum/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Move over, Sydney: The new Harbin Opera House is a force of nature". CNN. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/architecture/harbin-opera-house/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/architecture/harbin-opera-house/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Harbin Opera House MAD Page <a href="http://www.i-mad.com/work/harbin-cultural-center/?cid=4" target="_blank">http://www.i-mad.com/work/harbin-cultural-center/?cid=4</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Angelopoulou, Sofia Lekka (6 August 2018). "MAD's architectural installations transform historical tunnel for the Echigo-Tsumari Triennale". Designboom. <a href="https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architectural-installations-historical-tunnel-of-light-echigo-tsumari-triennale-japan-08-06-2018/" target="_blank">https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architectural-installations-historical-tunnel-of-light-echigo-tsumari-triennale-japan-08-06-2018/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Pingtan Art Museum / MAD". 23 July 2013. <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/405687/pingtan-art-museum-mad" target="_blank">http://www.archdaily.com/405687/pingtan-art-museum-mad</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Move over, Sydney: The new Harbin Opera House is a force of nature". CNN. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/architecture/harbin-opera-house/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/architecture/harbin-opera-house/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"China Wood Sculpture Museum / MAD Architects". 11 April 2013. <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/358346/china-wood-sculpture-museum-mad-architects" target="_blank">http://www.archdaily.com/358346/china-wood-sculpture-museum-mad-architects</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Bojovic, Marija (28 January 2013). "New Ordos Museum by MAD Architects". www.evolo.us/. <a href="http://www.evolo.us/architecture/new-ordos-museum-by-mad-architects" target="_blank">http://www.evolo.us/architecture/new-ordos-museum-by-mad-architects</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"MAD architects: National art museum of china, beijing". 29 September 2012. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-national-art-museum-of-china-beijing/" target="_blank">http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-national-art-museum-of-china-beijing/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>McGetrick, Brendan (16 December 2009). "Ma Yansong's Hutong Bubble". www.iconeye.com/. <a href="http://www.iconeye.com/architecture/features/item/4224-ma-yansong-s-hutong-bubble" target="_blank">http://www.iconeye.com/architecture/features/item/4224-ma-yansong-s-hutong-bubble</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Howarth, Dan (11 November 2021). "MAD Architects reveals Denver tower with 10-storey "landscaped rift"". Dezeen. <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/11/mad-architects-one-river-north-tower-denver-landscaped-rift/" target="_blank">https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/11/mad-architects-one-river-north-tower-denver-landscaped-rift/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Planned Wilshire complex reimagines the suburban yard - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. July 2016. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-beverly-hills-development-20160702-snap-story.html" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-beverly-hills-development-20160702-snap-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Topographic towers: The Chinese mountain village that blends into the landscape". Wired UK. <a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mad-architects-made-a-building-that-blends-in-with-nature" target="_blank">https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mad-architects-made-a-building-that-blends-in-with-nature</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"MAD architects transforms urban block in rome with green residences". 11 December 2014. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-71-via-boncompagni-rome-12-11-2014/" target="_blank">http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-71-via-boncompagni-rome-12-11-2014/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Mafi, Nick (8 June 2016). "MAD Architects Reveals Its First European Project and Paris's Newest Residential Building". www.architecturaldigest.com/. <a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/mad-architects-reveals-first-european-project-paris-newest-residential-building" target="_blank">http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/mad-architects-reveals-first-european-project-paris-newest-residential-building</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Allen, Matthew (November 2012). "An Empathetic Twist – Absolute Towers". Domus. <a href="https://www.academia.edu/2496639" target="_blank">https://www.academia.edu/2496639</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Lynch, Patrick (10 August 2016). "MAD Architects Design Veiled Xinhee Design Center in Xiamen". www.archdaily.com//. <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/792988/mad-architects-design-veiled-xinhee-design-center-in-xiamen" target="_blank">http://www.archdaily.com/792988/mad-architects-design-veiled-xinhee-design-center-in-xiamen</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"Solar-powered Xinhee Design Center is inspired by human skin and bones". 12 August 2016. <a href="http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-xinhee-design-center-is-inspired-by-human-skin-and-bones/" target="_blank">http://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-xinhee-design-center-is-inspired-by-human-skin-and-bones/</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Stevens, Philip (30 June 2015). "Chaoyang Park Plaza by MAD Architects Tops Out in Beijing". www.designboom.com/. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-chaoyang-park-plaza-china-06-30-2015/" target="_blank">http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-chaoyang-park-plaza-china-06-30-2015/</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"MAD's mountain-shaped tower complex nears completion in Beijing". 11 May 2017. <a href="https://www.dezeen.com/2017/05/12/mad-chaoyang-park-plaza-nears-completion-photography-edmon-leong-beijing-china/" target="_blank">https://www.dezeen.com/2017/05/12/mad-chaoyang-park-plaza-nears-completion-photography-edmon-leong-beijing-china/</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Griffiths, Alyn (5 June 2014). "MAD Presents Nanjing Masterplan at Mountain-like Venice Installation". www.dezeen.com/. <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/05/mad-nanjing-masterplan-installation-venice-architecture-biennale-2014/" target="_blank">http://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/05/mad-nanjing-masterplan-installation-venice-architecture-biennale-2014/</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"MAD presents nanjing zendai himalayas center at venice biennale". 4 June 2014. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-nanjing-zendai-himalayas-center-venice-biennale-06-05-2014/" target="_blank">http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-nanjing-zendai-himalayas-center-venice-biennale-06-05-2014/</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"MAD architects remodels japanese residence to form clover house kindergarten". 23 August 2016. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-clover-house-kindergarten-house-okazaki-aichi-japan-08-23-2016/" target="_blank">http://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-clover-house-kindergarten-house-okazaki-aichi-japan-08-23-2016/</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>Megson, Kim (13 April 2016). "MAD unveil sculptural 'Invisible Border' installation at 2016 Milan Design Week". attractionsmanagement.com. <a href="http://architecturefordogs.com/exhibition/shanghai-himalayas-museum/" target="_blank">http://architecturefordogs.com/exhibition/shanghai-himalayas-museum/</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>"2015 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture". www.archdaily.com/. 14 October 2015. <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/775489/2015-bi-city-biennale-of-urbanism-architecture/" target="_blank">http://www.archdaily.com/775489/2015-bi-city-biennale-of-urbanism-architecture/</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>"'Shanshui City' Book Launch and Exhibition / Ma Yansong of MAD Architects". www.archdaily.com/. 12 June 2013. <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/386012/shanshui-city-book-launch-and-exhibition-ma-yansong-of-mad-architects" target="_blank">http://www.archdaily.com/386012/shanshui-city-book-launch-and-exhibition-ma-yansong-of-mad-architects</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>Wang, Sue (25 September 2014). "Beijing Design Week 2014 kicks off on September 26". en.cafa.com.cn/. <a href="http://en.cafa.com.cn/beijing-design-week-2014-kicks-off-on-september-26.html" target="_blank">http://en.cafa.com.cn/beijing-design-week-2014-kicks-off-on-september-26.html</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>"Shanshui City exhibition by Ma Yansong". dezeen.com. 11 June 2013. [permanent dead link] <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/11/shanshui-city-exhibition-by-ma-yansongl" target="_blank">http://www.dezeen.com/2013/06/11/shanshui-city-exhibition-by-ma-yansongl</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>"MAD presents Nanjing masterplan at mountain-like Venice installation". www.dezeen.com. 5 June 2014. <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/05/mad-nanjing-masterplan-installation-venice-architecture-biennale-2014" target="_blank">http://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/05/mad-nanjing-masterplan-installation-venice-architecture-biennale-2014</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>Wang, Sue (13 June 2013). "Ma Yansong's "Landscape and City/Shanshui City" Exhibition Freshly Debuts in Beijing Hutong". www.en.cafa.com. <a href="http://en.cafa.com.cn/ma-yansongs-landscape-and-cityshanshui-city-exhibition-freshly-debuts-in-beijing-hutong.html" target="_blank">http://en.cafa.com.cn/ma-yansongs-landscape-and-cityshanshui-city-exhibition-freshly-debuts-in-beijing-hutong.html</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>Navarro, Perdo (26 December 2012). "Between Modernity (Global) and Tradition (Local)", by Ma Yansong". www.metalocus.es/. <a href="http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/between-modernity-global-and-tradition-local-ma-yansong" target="_blank">http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/between-modernity-global-and-tradition-local-ma-yansong</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>Zhenning, Sang (21 September 2011). "verso est: contemporary chinese architecture at the MAXXI museum". www.designboom.es/. <a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/verso-est-contemporary-chinese-architecture-at-the-maxxi-museum/" target="_blank">http://www.designboom.com/architecture/verso-est-contemporary-chinese-architecture-at-the-maxxi-museum/</a> <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>