On December 8, Ma Yansong discussed MAD architects latest work and research during the ‘Culture & the city’ debate at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).

The Absolute Towers, the first project by MAD architects outside China, has been reviewed by Matthew Allen in DOMUS #963 after the first residents have settled down.

The Museo ICO in Madrid will exhibit the cutting-edge and spectacular work of MAD architects from October 31 until March 3, 2013.

Ma Yansong as the keynote speaker takes part in the first international conference for architecture, engineering and construction during the Lima International Architecture week, organized by Ecodesign Peru.

The New York Times Beijing Design Forum 2012 was held on September 29th at the Park Hyatt Beijing Hotel. Ma Yansong was invited to present a lecture named Preserving The Future as one of 8 guest speakers.

The talks organized by DESIGNBOOM & Ma Yansong held from 14:00 to 17:00 on 28th September at UCCA auditorium.

Great Buildings – CNN, Sinuous ‘Marilyn Monroe’ towers shape city’s future. The building Ma most wishes he had designed is the Salk Institute by Louis Kahn

Following six months of travel with Ma Yansong to international projects, lectures and project meetings, Abitare has published “Being Ma Yansong”. Now in stores around China, this special issue gives a behind the scenes look at one of China’s most vibrant architecture offices.

MAD announces this year’s Travel Scholarship Recipients. MAD would like to thank Vertu for their long term support and sponsor on our MAD Travel Fellowship.

June 14, 2012 – The Absolute Towers, two residential towers in Mississauga, Canada, has been judged the best new high-rise building in the America’s by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).

The MAD Travel Fellowship was launched by MAD Architects in 2009 to provide mainland Chinese students with an opportunity to travel abroad and research an architectural topic of their choosing.

World Architecture News today announced MAD Architects as a winner of the WAN21 awards. The awards aim to highlight outstanding, forward-thinking people and organizations who have demonstrated the potential to be the next big thing in the architectural world.

Ma was invited to present a lecture at Pavilion-Arsenal in Paris on the 12th of March. He shared with the audience an inside look at the Absolute Towers project in Toronto and discussed the challenges faced during the design and construction, including the links established with clients and stake-holders.

Invited by Wolf Prix and Studio Lynn, Ma Yansong will speak within IoA-SLIVER lecture series at the Institute of Architecture of University of Applied Arts in Vienna at 7pm on the 6th of March.

Between the 8th and 11th of February 2012, Ma Yansong was invited to lecture throughout Spain. Locations included the School of Architecture LaSalle, Barcelona and COAM Foundation, Madrid. Local media actively responded to Ma’s visit, showing keen interest in MAD and its practice in China and abroad.

Ma Yansong was invited to present and participate in the 2011 CREATIVE TOKYO autumn forum on the 3rd and 4th of November. In his presentation he discussed about MAD’s works and its exploration of futuristic design, amongst the panel included many creative industry professionals ranging from designers, architects, to curators and editors.

MAD announced the opening of its mobile pavilion designed for VERTU. The traveling exhibition feature will start in Milan, at the historic Palazzo Serbelloni , then to Shanghai, Dubai, Beijing, and London.

Tonight Ma Yansong will lecture at the Technical University of Prague where he will discuss MAD’s recent work as well as MAD’s Urban Forest, which is on exhibition the whole week during Prague Architecture week.

MAD presents “The Little Rock Fountain Journal” in 2011 Chengdu Biennale. This year’s biennale research theme is based on Changing Vistas: Creative Duration. The exhibited work is inspired by the well known literature “The Little Rock Fountain Journal”, written by Liu Zhongyuan during the ancient Tang dynasty of great China.

Ma Yansong presented the design of “Floating Earth” a mahogany and stainless steel tray whose multiple levels create a sinuous organic form. The prototypes are on exhibit until 31 October 2011 at the China Shijitan Contemporary Art Center in Beijing.

Located in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, the Art and City Museum is a crossroads for a community working to interpret its local traditions in a new urban context. The completion of the museum offers a moment of pause in a city which has seen no end to construction in recent years.

Travel Scholarship Recipients Announced. MAD would like to thank Vertu for their long term support and sponsor on our MAD Travel Fellowship.

The Maxxi Museum in Rome today opened “verso Est., Towards a Chinese Architectural Landscape” a comprehensive exhibition on contemporary Chinese architecture that reflects on China’s architectural landscapes from the past decade.

To celebrate the moving in of the Absolute Towers’ first residents, the New York Times featured an interview with architect Ma Yansong, the client and construction contractor for the Absolute Towers.

Abitare has recently invited Ma Yansong to Abitare’s feature architect interview. Through a personal interview with MAD’s director Ma Yansong, the interview attempts to explore architectonic projects and how Ma works within the natural environment and the urban realm.