MAD architects | architecture and design news and projects https://www.designboom.com/tag/mad-architects/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:42:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 MAD architects’ spiraling fenix museum of migration in rotterdam to open in 2025 https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-fenix-museum-migration-rotterdam-breaks-ground-11-13-2020/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-fenix-museum-migration-rotterdam-breaks-ground-11-13-2020/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 07:45:31 +0000 sofia lekka angelopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=744378

the museum will open in 2025, with its sculptural 'tornado' staircase leading to an observation deck over rotterdam.

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MAD architects unveils plans to perch futuristic ‘ark’ atop a cement factory ruin in shanghai https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-ark-shanghai-zhangjiang-cement-factory-warehouse-renovation-10-27-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-ark-shanghai-zhangjiang-cement-factory-warehouse-renovation-10-27-2023/#respond Fri, 27 Oct 2023 20:15:46 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1026219

a fluid metal 'ark' will be designed as a contemporary intervention atop a decaying cement factory in shanghai.

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giant ‘bamboo leaves’ top MAD’s anji culture and art center in china https://www.designboom.com/architecture/giant-bamboo-leaves-mad-anji-culture-and-art-center-china-09-19-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/giant-bamboo-leaves-mad-anji-culture-and-art-center-china-09-19-2023/#respond Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:51:32 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1017149

MAD architects' porous cultural hub pays homage to anji's bamboo and white tea heritage.

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‘the city of time’: MAD’s ma yansong sculpts maze-like artist hub for aranya theater festival https://www.designboom.com/architecture/city-of-time-mad-architects-maze-like-artist-hub-aranya-theater-festival-china-06-27-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/city-of-time-mad-architects-maze-like-artist-hub-aranya-theater-festival-china-06-27-2023/#respond Tue, 27 Jun 2023 06:20:26 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1001109

completed as part of the festival's 'migratory birds 300' artist residency, the outdoor space hosts 300 artists, 131 group works, and 194 works.

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sheer white, fluid facade envelops MAD architects’ near-complete concert hall in beijing https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-china-philharmonic-concert-hall-beijing-06-13-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-china-philharmonic-concert-hall-beijing-06-13-2023/#respond Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:15:43 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=998257

the china philharmonic concert hall adopts embossed glazed glass, creating a pure aesthetic while allowing ample daylight to pour in.

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MAD architects lands in south america with its warping, mixed-use ‘qondesa’ complex https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-qondesa-residential-building-quito-ecuador-05-02-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-qondesa-residential-building-quito-ecuador-05-02-2023/#respond Tue, 02 May 2023 09:30:34 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=987939

set in quito, ecuador, the nature-infused building façade emulates the twisting of vines.

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MAD architects brings ethereal, AR-powered cube installation to milan design week https://www.designboom.com/art/mad-architects-momentum-installation-interni-axa-immobiliare-alts-milan-design-week-04-19-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/mad-architects-momentum-installation-interni-axa-immobiliare-alts-milan-design-week-04-19-2023/#respond Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:30:40 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=984376

as if balancing on one of its tips, ready to fall over, 'momentum' stuns visitors with its ever-changing skin and dramatic scale.

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MAD’s ma yansong on china’s quzhou sports park, the largest earth-sheltered complex ever built https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-ma-yansong-conversation-quzhou-sports-park-china-03-19-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-ma-yansong-conversation-quzhou-sports-park-china-03-19-2023/#respond Sun, 19 Mar 2023 03:10:46 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=975402

watch the MAD architects founder explain the concept behind his sculptural stadium design.

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MAD architects wraps abandoned chinese landmark in ethereal veil of multicolored cloth https://www.designboom.com/art/mad-architects-ma-yansong-timeless-beacon-art-installation-taiping-market-china-03-16-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/mad-architects-ma-yansong-timeless-beacon-art-installation-taiping-market-china-03-16-2023/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:50:41 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=974826

'timeless beacon' brings a surreal sense of rebirth to taiping market, a once bustling commercial hub.

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MAD architects’ dance center proposal in rotterdam nods to freedom and pluralism https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-danshuis-dance-center-proposal-rotterdam-03-09-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-architects-danshuis-dance-center-proposal-rotterdam-03-09-2023/#respond Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:30:49 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=972824

danshuis center to transform rotterdam’s riverfront    Once again, Netherlands-based Droom en Daad Foundation has invited MAD Architects aboard its mission to transform Rotterdam’s old Provimi warehouse into a new cultural destination along the Mas River. This new proposal will see the addition of a world-class dance center, Danshuis, equipped with professional dance studios, theaters, and […]

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