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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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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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Event: Originality Deconstructed: Ace Hotel DTLA

Bustler

The vignette-style exhibition is being mounted by independent design writer and curator Adrian Madlener with the generous support of Imaginative Sponsor-Lumens, Host Sponsor-Ace Hotel and Inspired Sponsor-2Modern. For more information: www.beoriginalamericas.com Read the full post on Bustler

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

Architizer

Architizer's new image-heavy daily newsletter , The Plug , is easy on the eyes, giving readers a quick jolt of inspiration to supercharge their days. At some point in the school year, a student in my AP Literature class will ask the dreaded question: what is “Modernism?” What kind of truth, though, does modern art speak to?

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"My late father was the first to deliver the new movement to architecture"

Deezen

Above: The International Symposium on Deconstruction at the Tate Gallery took place ahead of the MoMA exhibition. Top: Architectural Design magazine published several issues focused on deconstruction. Top: Architectural Design magazine published several issues focused on deconstruction.

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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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"Deconstructivism left us with the notion that architecture can be an act of continual revolution"

Deezen

The essence of what the disparate group of people, some of whom made it into the defining Museum of Modern Art exhibition or any number of books (including my own Violated Perfection of 1992), shared was a desire, first of all, to open, tear, break and reveal. Deconstruction became a digital dis- and reassembly of the world.