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Design and Architecture

Ma Yansong on Melding Buildings with Nature

Ma Yansong is principal of MAD Architects, a Beijing-based architecture firm that recently opened an office in Los Angeles. He talks about his design for the new George Lucas museum in Chicago, his forthcoming residential project in Beverly Hills and his philosophy of melding architecture and nature.

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By Frances Anderton • Nov 18, 2014 • 1 min read

Ma Yansong is principal of MAD Architects, a Beijing-based architecture firm that recently opened an office in Los Angeles. He talks about his design for the new George Lucas museum in Chicago, his forthcoming residential project in Beverly Hills and his philosophy of melding architecture and nature.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Ma Yansong

    MAD Architects

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