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Never a studio content to play it safe and produce predictable designs, MAD Architects draws inspiration from the natural world for its upcoming Lishui Airport, which takes the form of a large white bird ready to take flight.Continue ReadingCategory: A… Continue reading Extraordinary bird-shaped airport spreads its wings in China
Influential firm MAD Architects has completed work on an ambitious new train station in China. The project involved painstakingly rebuilding a 100-year-old train station brick-by-brick, which now fronts a huge modern transport hub that’s partially sunk… Continue reading Partially sunken train station links China’s past and future
MAD Architects has revealed plans for a new mixed-use development in Foshan, Guangdong province, China. The project, named Nanhai Arts Center, will feature an eye-catching design that’s informed by its lakeside location and is envisioned as a large rip… Continue reading Eye-catching rippling arts center makes waves in China
With the success of projects like the Battersea Power Station and Domino Sugar Refinery, it’s easy to see why renovations of industrial spaces are in vogue lately. This latest example, by MAD Architects, is more unusual than most and involves raising a… Continue reading Radical renovation “floats” an Ark over huge cement factory warehouse
Following its mountain-inspired Chaoyang Park Plaza and cloud-shaped Aranya Cloud Center, MAD Architects once again draws on the natural world for inspiration for its newest project. The sprawling arts and culture center will be defined by an unusual w… Continue reading Sprawling cultural center unified under “bamboo leaf” roof
Nine years after being commissioned, MAD Architects is finally nearing completion on its China Philharmonic Concert Hall in Beijing. The ambitious project shows the firm on fine form and is defined by a glowing translucent exterior that’s meant to be r… Continue reading Translucent facade sets the tone for China’s Philharmonic Concert Hall
Nine years after being commissioned, MAD Architects is finally nearing completion on its China Philharmonic Concert Hall in Beijing. The ambitious project shows the firm on fine form and is defined by a glowing translucent exterior that’s meant to be r… Continue reading Translucent facade sets the tone for China’s Philharmonic Concert Hall
MAD Architects’ upcoming skyscraper features the sort of radical design we’ve come to expect from the firm, as it will curve dramatically as it rises. This is more than just a stylistic choice, says MAD, and is meant to ensure that the structure won’t … Continue reading Stunning skyscraper curves so it won’t leave neighbors in the shade
China already boasts its fair share of incredible airports, including one shaped like a huge starfish and another that looks like a snowflake, but is now slated to receive another. MAD Architects has revealed plans for a large new terminal in the north… Continue reading Airport terminal’s feather-like form designed to sooth weary travelers
As is often the case with projects from MAD Architects, its recently completed Quzhou Stadium stands out with an unusual, almost alien-like form. Described as a halo hovering over the landscape by the firm, the sports stadium is also designed to become… Continue reading Halo-like stadium “hovers” over rolling landscape