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Twenty Cities

Following the publication of "Shanshui City" in 2014, this is another semi-autobiographical book by Ma Yansong that delves into cities, architecture, and humanities. The book selec...

MAD Rhapsody

With photographs, drawings, and models, the book the firm’s second monograph highlights 23 projects from 2004 to today, both built and in-process, and spanning civic, mixed-use, re...

Tunnel of Light (International Edition)

International Edition of "Tunnel of Light" published by Modern Planning Office Co., Ltd., featuring content in both Japanese and English. In 2016, Fram Kitagawa invited Ma Yansong...

Tunnel of Light

"Tunnel of Light", authored by Ma Yansong, was published in Chinese by CITIC Press Group, featuring a foreword by Fram Kitagawa and an afterword by renowned architecture critic Fan...

MAD X

MAD X is a visual and conceptual exploration of ten key projects developed between 2005 and 2021. Conceived and designed by Ma Yansong, the book offers an immersive journey through...

MAD Works

MAD Works, published by Phaidon is the first complete overview of the most important contemporary architecture practice to have emerged from China in the past 15 years. MAD’s visio...

Fish Tank

Fish Tank compiles Ma Yansong's writings and thoughts over the past decade, revealing his path of artistic comprehension and journey of spiritual experience during these ten years....

Shanshui City

Shanshui City is an important turning point for Ma Yansong’s over ten years of architectural practice and theory; this abbreviated manifesto on Shanshui philosophy expands beyond n...

Bright City

In Bright City, the work of MAD is portrayed through dialogue, text and imagery, manifesting the defining factors of the work through the dichotomy and subsequent coalescence of na...

MAD Dinner

MAD DINNER is the first book by MAD office, Beijing-based architectural office. Organized around the metaphor of dinner table conversation, the book is a collection of ideas and op...

MA YANSONG: From (Global) Modernity to (Local) Tradition

Actar and Museo ICO have published a new monograph on Ma Yansong. It is the result of an exhibition held in the Museum ICO in Madrid, Spain. The title shares its name with the inte...