Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture

Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture

Ma Yansong
22/09/2025
22/09/2025

Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate.

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Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate.
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate.
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate.
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate.
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate.
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate.
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate.
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate.
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture is culture, and the topics we tackle will always arise a broader debate.
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Although we're architects, we believe we do culture; architecture
Ma Yansong
Ma Yansong

Chinese - Architect Born: 1975

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What if we treat the high-rise like a mountain, or we have gardens in the sky, or waterfalls? I think that's the most challenging thing I want to try in my architecture.

Ma Yansong

I think architecture should be a stage, not something too material - more of an environment, not a product.

Ma Yansong

A lot of ancient poetry sees in nature a reflection of human emotions, and in a post-industrialized era, once people have become more aware of the necessity of a more harmonious relation between man and nature, we need to build cities which can connect with human spiritual needs instead of being merely functional.

Ma Yansong

Ultimately, the artistic part of architecture has always interested me.

Ma Yansong

The shan-shui city idea is trying to bring traditional values and ways of living to modern high-rise architecture.

Ma Yansong

When I started university, I didn't know much about architecture, so I flipped through a lot of magazines, looking at different and exciting images from all over the world. I thought that architecture could be interesting.

Ma Yansong

In China, it's very easy to make architecture special because anything you design will look different, as most parts of the city are very similar. They make so many massive residential buildings.

Ma Yansong

When I graduated from high school, I thought I wanted to make science fiction movies, so I applied to film school, but I couldn't get in. A professor told me I should try architecture instead.

Ma Yansong

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Being interested in other fields and meeting experts outside entertainment - whether it's a two-hour conversation with John Nash that turns into 'A Beautiful Mind' or talking to people in architecture or fashion, CIA directors or Nobel laureates - has given me a better sense of which ideas feel authentic and new.

Brian Grazer

Every market we go to, we have a domain-specific language. Every domain-specific language, underneath, has an architecture.

Jensen Huang

Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.

Stephen Gardiner

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?

Ma Yansong

Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.

Kenzo Tange

When I was studying architecture in the 1970s, it was intellectually bankrupt.

Elizabeth Diller

A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels.

David Chipperfield

The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people.

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