MAD Rhapsody
A seductive vision of the future from the most promising firm in China led by Ma Yansong, an important voice in the new generation of architects.

Conceived and designed by Ma Yansong, founder of MAD Architects, MAD Rhapsody documents the buildings of this avant-

garde architecture firm and traces the development of their ideas through associated practice including art, research, and exhibition projects. With photographs, drawings, and models, the book highlights 23 projects from the past six years, both built and in process. Known for their “organic and dreamlike architecture” that creates a dialogue with nature, earth, and sky, MAD projects reach all over the globe.

At age 46, Ma Yansong is one of China’s best-known architects. His curvilinear, free-

form, and futuristic designs are often compared to those of his mentor, Zaha Hadid. Ma’s greatest inspiration is nature; his opera house in the northern Chinese city of Harbin resembles a snow-

capped mountain, while his master plan for the city of Nanjing calls for sloping buildings covered with vertical louvers that resemble waterfalls. Other projects include the Ordos Museum in the wilderness of Inner Mongolia, the Absolute Towers in Canada, and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles.

马岩松是新一代建筑师中的重要代言人，也是中国最有前途的建筑事务所MAD Architects的创始人和***。本书介绍了该事务**吸引力的未来愿景。

《MAD狂想曲》由MAD建筑事务所创始人马岩松构思和设计，记录了这家前卫建筑事务所的建筑作品，并通过相关的实践，包括艺术、研究和展览项目，描述了他们理念的演变。本书通过照片、图纸和模型重点介绍了过去六年的23个项目，包括已建成的和正在进行的。MAD的项目遍布全球，其建筑因 "有机而梦幻"闻名，这些建筑发起了与自然、地球和天空进行的对话。

46岁的马岩松是中国最知名的建筑师之一。他的设计多曲线、形式自由，**未来主义，经常被拿来与他的导师扎哈•哈迪德的设计进行比较。马岩松最重要的灵感源于大自然。他在中国北方城市哈尔滨设计的歌剧院就像一座白雪皑皑的山峰，他为南京市规划的蓝图则要求建筑倾斜，用与瀑布相似的垂直百叶窗覆盖。他的其他项目包括位于内蒙古荒野的鄂尔多斯博物馆，加拿大的绝对塔（Absolute Towers），以及洛杉矶的卢卡斯叙事艺术博物馆（Lucas Museum of Narrative Art）。