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“God Is in the Details”: 7 Architectural Moments to Make Mies Proud

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Given the complexity of contemporary architecture, the list of details that can define the success or failure of a building goes on forever. Twisted the top portions – as opposed to “pulling” both ends — not only produced an intriguing visual effect but also generated tension within the beams, thereby preventing them from sagging.

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Perfectly Perforated: 7 Ways To Playfully Pierce Residential Walls

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While it may be a functional technique, architects oftentimes take these perforated elevations one step further to imbue a design with artistry and aestheticism. A residential home in Melbourne, Australia challenges the traditional house typography by deconstructing the home into a series of detached spaces. Photos by Derek Swalwell.

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PURE NFTEA Tea House, Shenzhen, China

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In this way, an asymmetrical yet balanced frame was constructed on the horizontal plane, defining a new space in a deconstructive manner. 2 Deconstruction Chinese Lego blocks — mortise-and-tenon structures, a flexible joint in architecture “The Sun (tenon) and Mao (mortise) represent the Yang and Yin elements in Chinese philosophy. .”

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“The World’s First Horror Film Was All About Modern Architecture. Change My Mind.”

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In literature and the visual arts — the representational arts, let’s say — modernism was an attempt to find new forms of artistic expression to meet the needs of a rapidly changing world where old certainties and trust in institutions were falling away. Many kinds, to be sure, but I think they can be separated into two main buckets. (Or

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New Designers presents 10 award-winning fashion and textiles projects

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Brutalism celebrates the use of quality materials and considered construction, which has been applied to each stage of the design process, from initial visual research to the careful planning of the final collection. The prints use a variety of both digital and traditional techniques to produce a series of exciting and diverse outcomes.

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8 Ways Architects Served Up Spectacular Hospitality Spaces in 2022

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Harnessing Heritage Techniques Arched residencies in Santorini island by iraisynn attinom , Thera, Greece Jury Winner, 10 th Annual A+Awards, Unbuilt Hospitality Rising from a rocky outcrop, this development of vacation homes on the Greek island of Santorini was designed in response to the area’s challenging climate.

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TIDE Hotel, Chaozhou, China

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The Chaozhou Hotel takes the fusion of Chaozhou traditional culture and contemporary trends. The design opens up and deconstructs the first and second floors of the original building, creating a new void space in the old building shape. In the interlaced light and shadow, the encounter between history and time is full of imagination.