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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.

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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

Jingle Design always build the commercial space from the perspective of director, revitalizing the space by breaking the limitation of creative art and visual art. Entering from the entrance, grand modern artwork on the ceiling will grasp your attention. Deliberately sloping wall in the entrance seems like the magic channel to future.

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Deconstructivist architecture "challenges the very values of harmony, unity and stability"

Deezen

But the emergence of deconstructivism – an ungainly portmanteau of the mid-to-late twentieth-century philosophical movement, deconstruction, and 1920s Russian constructivism – suggested that the avant-garde's demise may have been exaggerated. The seminal Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition was held at the MoMA.

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Wexner Center for the Arts is "a building that is waiting to be a building"

Deezen

As we continue our deconstructivist series , we look at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Ohio by architect and theorist Peter Eisenman , which he claims "has nothing to do with deconstruction or deconstructivism.". I never had heard the term deconstruction when I did the Wexner centre," Eisenman told Dezeen. "I It's just not.

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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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Mansion XÚN Restaurant, Chengdu, China

e-architect

Finding tranquility amidst the bustling city, and achieving elegance amidst the complexity, Mansion XÚN continues to uphold its brand style of ‘refined elegance,’ delicately balancing the timeless beauty of the Eastern with modern aesthetics in the space. The construction of the poetic environment.