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MCA – Mario Cucinella Architects designs the installation “Città Miniera: Design, Dismantle, Disseminate” for Milan Design Week 2024

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Design, Dismantle, Disseminate” [“The City as a Resource to be Mined. “Città Miniera. Mario Cucinella, Founder & Design Director of Mario Cucinella Architects, says “Città Miniera is a story of the city as a possible reserve for the future.

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Deconstructivism "killed off postmodernism" says Peter Eisenman

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Eisenman was a follower of ideals of deconstruction that were developed by philosopher Jacques Derrida and considers himself a deconstructionist architect rather than a deconstructivist one. He explained that of the others in the exhibition, only Bernard Tschumi "had any interest in deconstruction". In mine as well.

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Reel House Colorado, Victorian home

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By slowly deconstructing and understanding the ‘magic’ behind the camera, we designed a project that curates a cohesive and evolving dialogue between the interior of the house and the beautiful back garden.

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Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo by CCD

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CCD deconstructed and reshaped various elements such as light, stones, forest and rain on the abandoned limestone quarry. The form of the “cocoon” is deconstructed and evolved to respond to nature. In this way, a new mysterious wonderland is created in the former quarry valley. Photo © Wang Ting. Source by CCD.

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20 Inspirational Thought Leaders on the 10th Anniversary A+Awards Jury

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Mining architecture’s social and political agency, he examines how the built environment influences black domesticity. Thomas’ projects encompass first-of-their-kind timber buildings for clients such as The Nature Conservancy and Adidas and include more than $1M in research to develop and test wood building assemblies.

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"Homes manifest mechanisms of power via relationships of gender, class and age"

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The exhibition focuses on a history of housing in the UK, mining the RIBA Collection of drawings to find examples where traditional power relations have been subverted and where new ways of living have emerged as a result. Prior to the development of discrete roles for architects, clients and builders however, authorship was less clear.

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Architectural Tricks of the Trade | Life of an Architect

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Here it is – an unfolded 11″x17″ piece of paper … if your office is anything like mine, you have thousands of these laying about your space. Graphic Standards - Part 2 Deconstruction versus. could you be any more excited?!?) Fold it in half … Fold the title block edge back … now you have a 8.5″

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