MAD Architects

MAD Architects' recently completed Quzhou Stadium stands out with an unusual, almost alien-like form. Likened to a halo hovering over the landscape, it's designed to encourage visitors to explore and climb over over parts of the structure.

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has undergone as many twists and turns as a Hollywood script since it was unveiled in 2014. Having missed its planned 2021 completion date, the ambitious project is now set for a 2025 opening.

Back in 2021, MAD Architects revealed its ambitious vision for the Aranya Cloud Center. Work on the project is now well underway and the firm has shared some details on its progress, including its complex structural system and eye-catching exterior.

MAD recently completed its first European project – but it certainly won't be its last. The firm has revealed plans for a mixed-use building in Milan, Italy, that's defined by a lush greenery covered facade intersected with polished metal staircases.

MAD Architects has completed its first project in Europe. The Unic apartment building in Paris, France, is enlivened by an eye-catching curving facade, is impressively energy efficient and has been constructed to exacting Passive House standards.

It's rare to see a firm as high-profile as MAD Architects take on the unglamorous work of social housing, but it has indeed done so. Baiziwan Social Housing is designed to resemble a mountain range and features raised walkways and lots of greenery.

Nestled into the snow-covered landscape, MAD's Yabuli Entrepreneurs' Congress Center is now complete. The building combines a striking exterior form with a stunning interior layout that's carefully arranged to maximize natural light and views.

MAD Architects has revealed plans for a stunning new museum slated for Guanghan, China. The Eyes of Sanxingdui consists of a series of timber-lined buildings rising out of the water-laden landscape that are inspired by ancient eye masks.

Commissioned to transform an existing cargo terminal in China into a ferry terminal, MAD Architects draws inspiration from existing gantry cranes to design a futuristic and alien-like complex that will be raised above the ground.

MAD Architects has unveiled plans for a new high-rise in Denver. One River North will be defined by its eye-catching facade, which looks like it has been torn open by an earthquake or some other cataclysmic event and has greenery growing through it.

The latest US project by the always interesting MAD Architects is a striking glazed tower for Hollywood that's described as the office of the future, and would include lots of greenery and foster a healthy work/life balance for those working inside.

It's fair to say that MAD Architects draws a lot of inspiration from clouds and this is again the case with its planned Hainan Science and Technology Museum, which will feature a cloud-like form wrapped in an unusual plastic facade.