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Ma Yansong

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In 2014, Time magazine named Ma Yansong to its annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world, a recognition that brought his architectural practice to an audience extending well beyond specialist circles.

Born in Beijing in 1975, Ma Yansong is a citizen of the People's Republic of China. He received his architectural education at the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture before continuing his studies at the Yale School of Architecture at Yale University. He works in both Chinese and English, and holds the occupations of architect and university teacher.

Two buildings appear among his notable works. The Absolute World complex and the Ordos Museum are the named projects with which his practice is associated. Beyond identifying these works by name, the available record does not specify further details about their form, location, or reception.

The Time 100 award stands as the documented marker of external recognition in Ma Yansong's career, situating his work within a wider public conversation at that moment. His practice combines the roles of architect and university teacher, and his education across Beijing and New Haven forms the foundation from which that dual career has developed. The Absolute World and the Ordos Museum remain the concrete works attached to his name in the record.

Quotes by Ma Yansong

A door handle is very symbolic to me. It is the first object that one will interact with before entering a new space.
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A door handle is very symbolic to me. It is the first object that one will interact with before entering a new space.
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Historically, sci-fi movies have played an important role in inspiring young people.
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Historically, sci-fi movies have played an important role in inspiring young people.
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Since the Beijing Olympics in 2008, our office has been discussing how we can make architecture more human and at one with nature. We need to ask ourselves, what legacy do we want to leave behind on humankind's urban culture?
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Since the Beijing Olympics in 2008, our office has been discussing how we can make architecture more human and at one with nature. We need to ask ourselves, what legacy do we want to leave behind on humankind's urban culture?
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Architects think that beauty is a crime.
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Architects think that beauty is a crime.
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I actually feel like a very traditional architect.
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I actually feel like a very traditional architect.
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If you look at ancient Chinese paintings, you see mountains, but they are not real mountains; it is something the artists imagined.
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If you look at ancient Chinese paintings, you see mountains, but they are not real mountains; it is something the artists imagined.
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There must be a way to combine the high rise and high-density environment with nature. Maybe we can have our gardens in the sky.
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There must be a way to combine the high rise and high-density environment with nature. Maybe we can have our gardens in the sky.
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I grew up in the old neighborhood of Beijing where you had a courtyard and trees. Actually, the whole of Beijing was a garden - the Forbidden City - and the lakes and gardens in the city center were all artificial.
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I grew up in the old neighborhood of Beijing where you had a courtyard and trees. Actually, the whole of Beijing was a garden - the Forbidden City - and the lakes and gardens in the city center were all artificial.
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The way a human can coexist with nature has to be at the spiritual level.
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The way a human can coexist with nature has to be at the spiritual level.
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I don't like to talk about sustainability, because sometimes I see green buildings that don't appear any different from those in the past.
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I don't like to talk about sustainability, because sometimes I see green buildings that don't appear any different from those in the past.
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