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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. A conceptual preliminary sketch of the set design by Walter Röhrig.

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On Case Studies

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Granted, not all buildings should have a book devoted to them, but definitely more than have been given the case-study treatment. My favorites tend toward the last: an abundance of visual information accompanied by input from both creators and critics.

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Ultimate List of Architecture Terms

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The top layer is the one visible, and hence it is usually visually more attractive. Deconstruction. Deconstruction , or deconstructivist architecture an architecture synonym, is the breaking down of preconceived beliefs people had, and rather see the meaning of things as something ever developing. Figure Ground. Passive Design.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Square House is best described as subtly deconstructive. Keely Colcleugh is a designer with over 20 years experience in the fields of architecture, graphic design, film, visualization, and animation. Keely has also worked as a previsualization and visual effects artist for feature films such as Iron Man and Superman Returns.