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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. “We

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

Architizer

At some point in the school year, a student in my AP Literature class will ask the dreaded question: what is “Modernism?” Even though modern art seems “weird” to casual museum-goers, there was a method to the madness. Modern artists rejected representational conventions in pursuit of honest expression.

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Flow Bar & Lab?Reappearance of Commercial Landscape by Jingle Design

Archinect

By deconstructing the space beyond the limitation, the designers empower the space with passion and personality, making the bar a project of ultimate interactive experience while following the commercial procedures. Entering from the entrance, grand modern artwork on the ceiling will grasp your attention.

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A London Mews Home With a Subterranean Dance Floor Asks £3.8M

Dwell

Behind a modest brick exterior in Kensington, an expansive contemporary home built half underground is full of light, color, and kinetic design. Climbing rose camouflages a yellow stone exterior designed to match the adjacent mews homes, but a blue mirrored door hints at the contemporary style inside. Million in London

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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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Family·Maison Sales Center // UMA Interior Design

Architizer

The designer used cutting-edge modern design ideas, extracted the city’s technological sense attributes, and carried out a brand-new deconstruction and reorganization of the interior space, breaking the shackles of the exhibition space. It concentrates modern craftsmanship. © UMA Interior Design. © UMA Interior Design.

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Ten architecture projects by students at Carleton University

Deezen

Dirt: Making with Contaminated Lands by Ju Huang "My thesis explores dirt in the contemporary world and its place in architecture through a series of ceramic-making exercises. The aim is to return the antisocial spaces to the children and assist in the revitalisation of the modern isolated childhood."

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