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Miniview: Mondrian Singapore Duxton deconstructs the shophouse

Hotel Designs

“Mondrian Singapore Duxton’s overall façade is an attempt to imbue a minimalist and modern design adaptation that is true to its time, yet still responding and reflecting the traditional shophouse typology.” Carter was taken with the big idea of the deconstructed shophouse. In the hotel rooms, inspiration abounds. .”

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Event: Originality Deconstructed: Ace Hotel DTLA

Bustler

The public, guests and design lovers will flock to the exhibition which celebrates creativity by pulling back the curtain on the “how” and “why” of some of the international design industry’s most iconic products, demystifying what goes into their conception.

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arcs architekten Design Traditionally Bavarian Inspired Modern Farmhouse 2.0

Architizer

This was the former location of the parents’ farmhouse, which the owners wished to “reimagine” The wish was to integrate the new building into the village through traditional cubature and proportion, but with a modern interpretation, and to create a connection by deliberately adopting the pitch of the church roof.

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hug Concept Store by Atmosphere Architects for UMA WANG

aasarchitecture

If Pompeii is UMA WANG’s deconstruction and restoration of history through design, then this space tries to trace back this lost civilization through all the materials. The concept of space is also reflected in the presentation. This is Pompeii. Which was destroyed because of Vesuvius, and got eternal for the same reason.

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Deconstructivist architecture "challenges the very values of harmony, unity and stability"

Deezen

But the emergence of deconstructivism – an ungainly portmanteau of the mid-to-late twentieth-century philosophical movement, deconstruction, and 1920s Russian constructivism – suggested that the avant-garde's demise may have been exaggerated. The seminal Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition was held at the MoMA.

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Cassina Showroom, Ningbo | OUTIN. DESIGN

ArchiDiaries

DESIGN adopted unique deconstruction methods and spatial languages to tell the story of the brand that has never stopped making breakthroughs and evolving over its long history. Its products not only contributed to the peak times of modern Italian furnishings, but also guided the direction of furniture design in the world.

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The legacy of deconstructivism "makes me want to retreat to the back of the room" says Bernard Tschumi

Deezen

According to Tschumi, who was one of the seven architects featured in the seminal Deconstructivist Architecture show at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) , deconstructivism had a serious intellectual ideology that was developed by young architects reinvestigating avant-garde architecture from the 1920s. And both were fairly excessive.