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Miniview: Mondrian Singapore Duxton deconstructs the shophouse

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Carter was taken with the big idea of the deconstructed shophouse. Rather than a direct translation, we took its parts and deconstructed it into contemporary forms,” she explained. Main image credit: Mondrian Singapore Duxton Miniview: Mondrian Singapore Duxton deconstructs the shophouse Pauline Brettell.

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Largest earthquake test for mass-timber tower successful in California

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The design featured a rocking wall and steel rods that ran the length of the structure Lever Architecture designed the tower for the Colorado School of Mines-led test, utilising the largest shake table in the world at the University of California, San Diego, which measures 25 x 40 feet (7.6

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Measured Architecture designs Shor House to be a "test bed of recycling"

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It is eminently recyclable and, ultimately, capable of advancing its considerable embodied energy without the costs of mining and full smelting again. Steel has got a bad rap," said Cuddington. "It There was a whole set of site assets that we needed to harvest and use – a patchwork quilt that we threaded back together," he said.

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MCA – Mario Cucinella Architects designs the installation “Città Miniera: Design, Dismantle, Disseminate” for Milan Design Week 2024

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Design, Dismantle, Disseminate” [“The City as a Resource to be Mined. “Città Miniera. Mario Cucinella, Founder & Design Director of Mario Cucinella Architects, says “Città Miniera is a story of the city as a possible reserve for the future.

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Deconstructivism "killed off postmodernism" says Peter Eisenman

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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". In mine as well.

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Prix de Rome Architecture 2022 winner: Lesia Topolnyk

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Lesia Topolnyk chose the mining village of Hrabove in her native Ukraine, which became world news in 2014 when passenger flight MH17 was shot down, killing all 298 people on board. Lesia Topolnyk uses narrative and construction techniques to deconstruct this relationship in her dark, oppressive design. photograph : Aad Hoogendoorn.

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OUMEI Ceramics Headquarters by FOSHAN TOPWAY DESIGN

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A gift from the wonderful nature, rocks are quarried from mines and transformed into various construction materials and ornamental components through cutting and polishing. An array of marble blocks with diverse sheens and textures are quarried from various mines worldwide.

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