MAD Studio
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| MAD architects | |
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| Absolute Towers in Mississauga, Canada
Absolute Towers in Mississauga, Canada
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| Practice information | |
| Key architects | Ma Yansong |
| Location | Beijing, China |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Work | |
| Buildings | Absolute Towers |
| Awards | 2010 RIBA international Fellowship |
MAD sometimes referred to as MAD studio or MAD architects is a studio that builds futuristic architecture based on contemporary interpretation of the eastern spirit of nature.
Based in Beijing, China and Los Angeles, USA, MAD gained first international attention in 2006 when it was commissioned to design two residential towers in Mississauga, Canada.
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History
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Residential projects
- Absolute Towers, 2006-2011 - Mississauga, Canada
- Fake Hills, 2008-2013 - Beihei, China
- Urban Forest, 2009 - Chongqing, China
Cultural projects
- City & Art Museum, 2005-2011 - Ordos, China
- China Wood Sculpture Museum, 2009-2012 - Harbin, China
- Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, 2014 start date - Chicago, Illinois [1]
- Harbin Opera House, 2015 - Harbin, China
Preservationist projects
- Hutong Bubble 32, 2009 - Beijing, China
Works of Art
- Fish Tank[disambiguation needed], 2002
- Superstar, A mobile China Town, 2008
Exhibitions
- 2011 Chinese Architectural Landscape, MAXXI, Rome Italy
- 2011 Living, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen Denmark
- 2010 Rising East, New Chinese Architecture, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
- 2010 Feelings Are Facts, Olafur Eliasson+Ma Yansong, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA),Beijing, China
- 2009 State Fair Guggenheim, Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
- 2008 Super Star, A Mobile China Town, Uneternal City, 11th Venice Biennale of Architecture, Venice, Italy
- 2008 China Design Now, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
- 2007 MAD IN CHINA, solo exhibition, Danish Architecture Centre (DAC), Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2006 MAD IN CHINA, Solo exhibition, Diocesi Museum, Venice, Italy
- 2006 Shanghai Art Biennale, Shanghai, China
- 2004 1st Architecture Biennial Beijing, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
See also
References
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