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More Virtuous Circles

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The Sustainable SITES Initiative further underscores the importance of materials in the landscape context, as their selection accounts for up to 41 of 200 possible points in the project rating system—more than any other section. The aggregates and crushed concrete were the basis for the soils, mixed on-site. Photo by Emma Blanc.

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Dezeen's guide to deconstructivist architecture from A to Z

Deezen

Architecture studio Coop Himmelb(l)au coined the phrase Architecture Must Burn, which expressed their desire to radically rethink architecture, as part of its Blazing Wing installation (pictured) in 1980 in Graz, Austria. He designed the Parc de la Villette in Paris, which he describes as the "largest deconstructed building in the world".

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20 Inspirational Thought Leaders on the 10th Anniversary A+Awards Jury

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Most notably, The Museum of Modern Art, Pin-Up Magazine, The Graham Foundation, The New York Times, Architect Magazine, DesignMIAMI/ Art Basel, The Swiss Institute, Metropolis Magazine, Curbed, and The National Museum of African American History where he was identified as one of the future designers on the rise.

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Kongjian Yu: Found In Translation

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Early in the design process, the concept of a theater emerged in response to the unique social conditions of the site. Turenscape’s site plan shows the relationship between the old and new areas of the park. The site for the new park was a decommissioned post office, long eyed by the parks department for its adjacency to an existing 0.33-acre

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

Right: Public Farm 1, a 2008 installation on the grounds of Long Island City’s MoMA PS1 by Amale Andraos’s firm, WORKac; the museum described the installation as “a living structure made from inexpensive and sustainable materials recyclable after its use at PS1”; images via MoMA PS1 and Archinect.

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"The very idea of deconstructivism now seems hopelessly implausible"

Deezen

Yet there is an even more raunchy version of its origin story, which claims that decon was literally born in flames, sometime in the mid-80s, accompanied by Wolf Prix screeching "Architektur muss Brennen!" – "architecture must burn" – as he set fire to assorted installations in a courtyard at London's Architectural Association.