WAN, World Architecture News World Architecture News today announced MAD as the winner of the WAN21 Award. The award aims to highlight outstanding, forward-thinking individuals and organizations, those architects who have clear potential to make a significant difference in the future of architecture.

The judges said they were pleased to see a variety of styles and approaches to architectural design in the field, with no one traditional architecture firm. MAD was praised as a young firm with a very mature style. The judges looked for architects who could shape the future with practical ideas and who could strike a balance between commercial viability and sustainability. The judges concluded that these winners have the ambition and ability to influence the development of architecture in the 21st century.