Invited by Carlo Ratti, curator of the 19th Venice International Architecture Biennale, Ma Yansong presents City of Plants, an architectural installation by MAD Architects. The work will be on view at the Artiglierie in the Arsenale, the main venue of the Biennale, from May 10 to November 23, 2025.
Project name
City of Plants
Architecture firm
MAD Architects
Principal architect
Principal Partners: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Design team
Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano, Andrea D’Antrassi, Chiara Ciccarelli, Giuseppe Zaccaria, Evrim Ecem Saçmalı, Licia D’Antrassi, Giovanni Colombara, Fiona Ziying Qi, Alessandro Fisalli, Julian Salvadori
Collaborators
With the additional support of: ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Logli Saint-Gobain; Musical Composer: Michele Tadini
Landscape
Parcnouveau; Bonsai Specialist: Crespi
Visualization
Proloog.tv; Experience Design and AI research: Bruno Zamborlin
The Nesting Plan series learns from the architectural expertise of the animal builders inhabiting each site, interpreting their nesting techniques through human construction materials and craftsmanship as a tribute to their remarkable natural instincts.
Project name
Nesting Plan IX Dragon
Location
Center Rog, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Photography
FIXER Photographic Studio
Principal architect
Cheng Tsung FENG
Design team
Chan Wei HSU, Chung Sheng HSU, Chen PENG
Structural engineer
Jianquan Engineering Consultants
Construction
Chan Wei HSU, Kuan Chen CHEN, Jan Lovše
Client
The Wellbeing Project for the Global Hearth Summit 2025
Typology
Pavilion, Installation Art
Nestled across the water from a nature preserve, this 928-square-foot project sits just minutes from downtown Austin. At the bottom of a bluff, fifty feet below the surrounding neighborhood, the project is sheltered by large trees along the secluded waterway that is only navigable by canoes and kayaks.
Architecture firm
Furman & Keil Architects
Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Photography
Leonid Furmansky
Design team
Troy Miller, Principal. Philip Keil, Principal. Gary Furman, Principal. Maanasa Nathan, Project Manager. Dawson Williams, Project Manager
Collaborators
Permit Consultant: Rick Rasberry of Lake Austin Boat Dock & Shoreline Permits
Structural engineer
Duffy Engineering
Landscape
Word + Carr Design Group
Construction
Crowell Builders
Material
Wood, Steel, Metal
“Structural Botany” is a series that extracts geometric vocabularies from the diverse characteristics of plants, reinterpreting them through artificial structures and modular components. It explores the blurred intersection between natural forms and human-made construction.
Project name
Structural Botany 25AP-263-43
Architecture firm
Cheng Tsung FENG
Location
Swiio Villa Yilan, Taiwan
Photography
FIXER Photographic Studio
Principal architect
Cheng Tsung FENG
Design team
Chan Wei HSU, Chung Sheng HSU
Structural engineer
Jianquan Engineering Consultants
Construction
Chan Wei HSU, Chung Sheng HSU
Material
Wood, iron, metal mesh
Typology
Installation › Pavilion, Installation Art
Jingle Design Institute has just completed a catering project in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. The dining experience is improved with materials including metal net, Rodda paint, stone, and stainless steel, and the sense of boundary of food is reduced, so that customers coming to the restaurant can experience the food culture in an all-around way.
Architecture firm
Jingle Design Studio
Location
Taiyuan, Shanxi，China
Design team
Zhou Bo, Cai Yuyang
Material
Texture paint, Stone, Mirror stainless steel
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant, Art Installation
Suspended in the heart of one of the world’s most prestigious retail spaces—Dubai Mall—Edyta Barańska’s stunning glass installation becomes a poetic interplay of light, movement, and architecture. Designed by the artist and her studio, Barańska Design, the shimmering cloud of glass birds seamlessly integrates with the dome’s transparent.
Written by
Edyta Barańska
Photography
Artur Walczewski
At the 2025 edition of Concéntrico, the international festival of architecture and design in public space held annually in Logroño, Spain, Czech Nami nami studio presents Wildlings, a sensory installation inviting free and creative play. Conceived as a temporary micro-world sheltered by translucent curtains, the circular space offers natural.
Architecture firm
Nami Nami Studio
Location
Patio COAR, Logroño, Spain
Photography
Vojtěch Veškrna
Collaborators
The project was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
This installation, created by Le Atelier Architects and titled Temple of the Labourers, seeks to draw attention to the craftsmen and artisans whose hands bring designer visions to life.
Project name
Temple of the Labourers
Architecture firm
Le Atelier Architectural Bureau
Location
Menchakovo village, Suzdal district, Vladimir region, Russia
Photography
Maxim Loskutov
Principal architect
Sergey Kolchin
Design team
Sergei Kolchin, Natalia Senyugina
Interior design
Le Atelier Architectural Bureau
Site area
Approximately 60 hectares
Civil engineer
Le Atelier Architectural Bureau
Structural engineer
Le Atelier Architectural Bureau
Material
Knauf drywall profiles
Client
Vladimir Inyakin, investor and ideologist of the Menchakovo Art Residency
Typology
Installation › Urban Installation
