MAD Architects

Olivari designers

Beijing, 2004

Founded by Chinese architect Ma Yansong in 2004, MAD Architects is a global architecture firm committed to developing futuristic, organic, technologically advanced designs that embody a contemporary interpretation of the Eastern affinity for nature.

MARILYN

2016

— Absolute Towers, Mississauga, Canada 2006-2012

— Ma Yansong, MAD Architects

Beijing-born architect Ma Yansong is recognized as an important voice in the new generation of architects. He is the first Chinese architect to win an overseas landmark-building project.
In 2012, his iconic project Absolute Towers, two residential towers in Mississauga, Canada was named the “Best Tall Building in the Americas” by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).

Chaoyang Park Plaza, Beijing, China 2012-2016 — — Chaoyang Park Plaza, Beijing, China 2012-2016

Conrad Hotel, Beijing, China 2008-2013 — — Conrad Hotel, Beijing, China 2008-2013

— Ma Yansong, Salone del Mobile 2016

In recent years, many of Ma’s designs follow his conception of the “Shanshui City”, which is his vision to create a new balance among society, the city and the environment through new forms of architecture.