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2023 in Architecture Books, So Far

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Although reading has been low on my list of priorities under the circumstances, I wanted to take the brief chance I have now to highlight some books released so far this year — a dozen of them, presented in order of date of publication. No doubt, people reading this book are eager to take on the question.

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Parc de la Villette is the "largest deconstructed building in the world"

Deezen

French-Swiss architect Tschumi designed the park as a deconstructed building. "It I call it the largest deconstructed building in the world as it's one building, but broken down in many fragments.". The post Parc de la Villette is the "largest deconstructed building in the world" appeared first on Dezeen.

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A new monograph celebrates ‘modern simplicity’ by a living Danish legend

The Spaces

People tend to gravitate toward the Danish designer’s work – in such numbers that he’s collaborated on his first monograph, deconstructing his special Scandinavian-modern language. In the beginning, I relied on my intuition to realise and articulate my projects,’ says Thulstrup, discussing the impetus for the book.

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Trace Architecture Office creates bookstore "with spatial experiences" within historic academy

Deezen

Trace Architecture Office transformed a historic academy into a book shop "Chongzheng Academy was one of the first academies in the history of Yunnan and boasted the most extensive collection of books in the region," TAO associate Sheng Zhong told Dezeen. "To

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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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"Story of deconstructivism was never told fully or even accurately" says creator of term

Deezen

Giovannini believes that the term he invented was misunderstood by the curators of the seminal Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition in 1988 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). His recently released book Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive Avant-Garde aims to tell a more complete story of the style.

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Deconstructivism "killed off postmodernism" says Peter Eisenman

Deezen

Eisenman was a follower of ideals of deconstruction that were developed by philosopher Jacques Derrida and considers himself a deconstructionist architect rather than a deconstructivist one. He explained that of the others in the exhibition, only Bernard Tschumi "had any interest in deconstruction". Peter Eisenman: Quite true.