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Asian design represented in London Design Museum’s Beazley Designs of the Year awards

Asian design represented in London Design Museum’s Beazley Designs of the Year awards

Each year, the London Design Museum reveals a showcase of the world’s most outstanding design work in the Beazley Designs Of The Year award. We take a look at eight projects in Asia nominated in the architecture category.

8 Architecture Projects In Asia Nominated For Beazley Designs Of The Year 2018

8 Architecture Projects In Asia Nominated For Beazley Designs Of The Year 2018

The Design Museum’s Beazley Designs Of The Year award has shortlisted 87 design projects across six categories. Here are eight projects in Asia nominated in the Architecture category.

MAD Architects creates a tunnel of light in Japan

MAD Architects creates a tunnel of light in Japan

For the 2018 Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, MAD Architects has restored the Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel and created several permanent artistic spaces.

Ma Yansong: Unapologetically MAD

Ma Yansong: Unapologetically MAD

We investigate MAD founder and one of the INDE.Awards 2018 Luminaries Ma Yansong’s process of finding his distinct voice in the global architecture industry.

MAD Architects Create A Tunnel Of Light In Niigata, Japan

MAD Architects Create A Tunnel Of Light In Niigata, Japan

For the 2018 Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, MAD Architects have restored the Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel and created several permanent artistic spaces.

Starchitect-designed Southbank Precinct projects revealed

Starchitect-designed Southbank Precinct projects revealed

Vertical cities in the sky, deconstructed boxes and ample greening – six widely varying designs with similar themes have been revealed in the Southbank by Beulah competition.

Architecture all-stars in Melbourne for Southbank by Beulah Symposium

Architecture all-stars in Melbourne for Southbank by Beulah Symposium

Caroline Bos, Wolf D. Prix, David Gianotten, Ma Yansong and Winy Maas will all descend on Melbourne at the end of July to present designs for Southbank by Beulah in a public symposium.

Following The Curving Land: Mountain Village by MAD Architects

Following The Curving Land: Mountain Village by MAD Architects

MAD Architects has designed a ten-building residential project in China that mimics the surrounding mountains.

Obscure Poetry: A Mountainscape To Live In by MAD Architects

Obscure Poetry: A Mountainscape To Live In by MAD Architects

Nestled on the banks of a lake in the UNESCO world heritage site of Huangshan in China’s Anhui Province, MAD Architects’ ten-building residential project mimics the surrounding mountains.

Where Fashion Meets Architecture: Xinhee Design Center

Where Fashion Meets Architecture: Xinhee Design Center

MAD Architects have unveiled plans for a vast fashion design centre in Xiamen that plays with the synergies between clothing and architecture. Rik Glauert reports.