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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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FranklinTill shares nine principles for a shift to regenerative materials

Deezen

Sustainability, by its very definition, is all about maintaining the status quo, while regeneration seeks to actively heal and put back better," she said.

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Back to Basics: What is the Meaning of “Tectonic” in Architecture Today?

Architizer

In the remodeling of the former Yellow Pages building in Madrid, Spain, b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos was able to construct the Polaris North Offices in a way that retains the building heritage yet embraces the flexible and efficient functionality of modern workplace design. Photos by Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero.

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Delhi Contemporary Art Week

Habitus Living

Resting Museum Priyanka D’Souza x Shreyasi Pathak Notes and patterns for losing jumping time This edition of DCAW featured exciting new artistic voices along with a kaleidoscope of styles, themes, and techniques that reflect the ever-changing tapestry of South Asian creativity.

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Revolutionizing Art Restoration: Can Laser Cleaning Machines Safeguard Our Cultural Heritage?

The Architecture Designs

Central to this discourse is the emerging technology of laser cleaning, a technique that holds promising implications for the careful and meticulous world of art and artifact conservation. This phase might involve various non-invasive diagnostic techniques like infrared reflectography, UV fluorescence, X-ray fluorescence, etc.

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Modern Residential Framing

Life of an Architect

I went back through my notes and realized that I haven’t provided an update on the KHouse Modern since the curiously popular Pier and Beam Foundation post on June 12th. I don’t have the ability to go by the project site more than once or twice a week so there are times when it definitely feels like I’ve missed something.

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"Both sides in the style wars are equally wrong"

Deezen

Last week the century-old squabble between modernism and historicism raised its tired old head once again after a UK government minister backed a report advocating a more "tradition"-friendly new architecture school. Georgian architecture is not traditional at all, but the founding phase of modernism.

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