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Residential Deconstruction versus Demolition | Life of an Architect

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Home / Buildings / Deconstruction versus Demolition Deconstruction versus Demolition Bob Borson — November 4, 2013 — 29 Comments Deconstruction is an environmentally friendly alternative to demolition and on the KHouse Modern project , the existing house on site is currently going through the process of being taken apart piece by piece.

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Albert Frey's all-metal 1930s Aluminaire House reassembled in Palm Springs

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A foundation that manages the house gifted it to the museum to be part of its permanent collection, moving it from a storage unit in New York to southern California. On March 23rd the restored house opens to the public as part of the museum's Albert Frey Collection, which includes the architect's final home, Frey House II.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Square House is best described as subtly deconstructive. Tellingly, the idea to cofound the studio came while Bordas and her partner were working together at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, an experience where the paradoxical proximity and distance between the world of design and engineering was attenuated. Anita Bulloni. Céline Semaan.