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Key architects
  
Ma Yansong

Buildings
  
Absolute Towers

Founded
  
2004

Location
  
Beijing, China

Founder
  
Ma Yansong

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Awards
  
2010 RIBA international Fellowship

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MAD (sometimes referred to as MAD studio or MAD architects) is an architectural design firm based in Beijing, China, with offices in Los Angeles and New York City.

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MAD was commissioned to design the Absolute Towers in Mississauga, Canada in 2006. The building received a Best Tall Building Americas award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and was in first place in the EMPORIS Skyscraper Awards. Other projects include the China Wood Sculpture Museum, Harbin Cultural Island, Ordos Museum, and Pingtan Art Museum.

Residential/Hospitality projects

  • UNIC (Parc Clichy-Batignolles) – Paris, France
  • Conrad Hotel, 2013 – Beijing, China
  • Absolute Towers, 2012 – Mississauga, Canada
  • Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort, 2012 – Huzhou, China
  • Fake Hills – Beihei, China
  • Urban Forest – Chongqing, China
  • Hongluo Clubhouse – Beijing, China

    • Cultural projects

  • Harbin Opera House – Harbin, China
  • Lucas Museum of Narrative Art – Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • China Wood Sculpture Museum, 2012 – Harbin, China
  • Ordos Museum, 2011 – Ordos, China
  • Hutong Bubble, 2009 – Beijing, China, USA

    • Commercial projects

  • 2016 Xinhee Design Center – Xiamen, China
  • Chaoyang Park Plaza – Beijing, China
  • Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center, 2013 start date – Nanjing, China

    • Exhibitions

  • 2016 "Invisible Border", Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy
  • 2015 "Architectures for Dogs", Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China
  • 2015 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism Architecture, Shenzhen, China
  • 2014 Shanshui City Exhibition, Solo Exhibition, Beijing, China
  • 2014 “The Changing Skyline” - Beijing Design Week, Beijing, China
  • 2014 “Future Cities -- High Mountain, Flowing Water” China Shan-Shui City Design Exhibition Berlin, Germany
  • 2014 “Silhouette Shanshui”, “Across Chinese Cities - Beijing”, 14th Venice Architecture Exhibition Venice, Italy
  • 2013 Shanshui City Exhibition, Solo Exhibition Beijing, China
  • 2012 Between the Modernity and Tradition, Solo Exhibition, ICO Museum Madrid, Spain
  • 2011 Verso Est: Chinese Architectural Landscape, MAXXI, Rome, Italy Rome, Italy

    • References

    MAD Studio Wikipedia
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