we call it the Marilyn Monroe building.

"Once people started to believe in us we had a chance to make it."





I always drive by this construction site and decided to finally look into it.. only to discover that I am now a fan of Yansong Ma's work. look him up! the building design rotates 360 degrees from bottom to top!

He's a rising star in chinese architecture, and won a major international design competition, that received over 90 submissions from 70 countries around the world, where designers were to design a 50-story residential tower.

"Did you think that you would take it?"
Ma: "When we saw the final six we were quite sure. [laughs]"

Ma and his team have become the first Chinese-based architects to ever win a competition outside of China. My dad REALLY wants to move into it... and i'll admit that i do too.. all units in the Absolute Tower were apparently sold in a day, and apparently Ma designed a second, smaller building that also sold out really fast..!! ha, well that sucks..sorry dad...

so anyway, if you get a chance, I posted this because I think the interview on the link below is definitely worth reading. With the video and interview, you get an insight into the minds of young architects, as most students in the studio hope to be one day, which is really thought provoking and also their thoughts on chinese architecture.. quite interesting! i thought that some of you may be interested as well

http://archinect.com/features/article.php?id=47034_0_23_0_M