09-22-2026SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE

The last starchitect: Ma Yansong’s ostentatious, otherworldly case for the architectural showstopper

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art puts the Chinese wunderkind in the brightest spotlight of his career. Ma and his longtime collaborators open up about how they design buildings that are more than eye candy.

[Photo: Michael Buckner/WWD/Getty Images (Yansong), Hufton Crow/courtesy Lucas Museum of Narrative Art]

Ma Yansong........

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