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MAD completes ‘cracked-open’ Denver tower as its first North American residential rental project

2024-10-15T12:05:00-04:00

MAD Architects has completed One River North in Denver; a 16-story scheme defined by a “cracked-open canyon” running across its glazed facade. A mixed-use development in the city’s River North Art District, the scheme contains rental apartments and retail spaces.

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The high-rise scheme features a “canyon trail” running from the 6th to the 9th floor inspired by Colorado's foothills and canyons. According to MAD, the element creates a “vertical landscape for its residents to wander as if hiking in the mountains.”

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The four-story canyon serves as an amenity space for residents, with over 13,000 square feet of landscaped terraces. Among the features across the canyon are outdoor seating, shared rooms, fitness facilities, water elements, and city views. From its mid-tower base, the canyon continues to climb across the building’s facade to a rooftop landscaped...

Facade installation underway on MAD Architects’ first North American residential rental tower

2024-03-06T15:38:00-05:00

Construction is progressing at Denver’s One River North, designed by MAD Architects.

The sixteen-story tower broke ground in late 2021 and represents MAD’s first residential rental building in the United States, expected to contain 187 units.

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The scheme’s defining exterior element is a sharp carved opening midway up the tower, cutting through the upper section of the tower towards the roof. The opening will contain a network of footpaths and planting. A rooftop pool, spa, and garden areas complete the 216-foot-tall structure.

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“If we regard modern cities as man-made landscapes on the earth, we need to design canyons, woods, creeks, and waterfalls, transforming concrete forests into second nature,” MAD founder Ma Yansong said about the development in 2021.

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MAD's latest project, MoLo, will serve as the gateway to Milan's burgeoning Innovation District

2022-08-03T19:20:00-04:00

Fresh off the firm’s debut public housing effort in Beijing, MAD Architects has unveiled project renders for a commercial complex at the edge of Milan’s Innovation District called MoLo (short for Mobility and Logistics Hub). According to the firm, the new hub will serve as a “monumental gateway” to the city’s burgeoning high-tech economic zone.

The design for MoLo includes a five-story car park, said to be the hub's "centerpiece." Amplifying their focus and commitment to sustainability, the complex will house 8,000 square meters (or 86,111 square feet) of photovoltaic panels atop a two-story commercial center. The team from MAD shares, "The MoLo was designed to perform as a welcoming entrance and education space for issues related to mobility in which visitors can drop off their cars to explore the district on foot and see innovative transportation technology in person."

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Continuing with their focus on nature-centered designs, as seen in the studio’s Gard...

MAD Architects breaks ground on its ripped-open first North American residential rental project

2021-11-09T13:18:00-05:00

Continuing with their recent expansion into the United States, MAD has officially broken ground on a new residential development in Denver called One River North.

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The Beijing and Los Angeles-based firm is looking to cement its footprint in North America with a sixteen-story tower for one of Denver’s most vibrant neighborhoods. Located in the River North Art District (RiNo) just above Coors Field and the city’s downtown business center, the new development will feature187 residential units carved into a sculptural, curvilinear tower with a jagged open chasm and four hikeable footpaths, providing users with an unencumbered view of the majestic Rocky Mountains from which its shape takes inspiration.

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A rooftop pool, spa, and garden areas complete the 216-foot-tall structure with a water feature to further enhance the deliberate sense of connection between residents and the natural world created by Ma Yansong’s design team.

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