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

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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.". An elevated walkway follows the Canal de l'Ourcq, which crosses the site from east to west. A raised walkway runs through the park.

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

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At the site's eastern end, TAO replaced two administrative buildings from the 1980s with an elevated concrete volume housing an auditorium and sunken bookshop below, wrapped with full-height glazing to create a new street frontage.

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

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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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Peach-coloured walls enliven Goan holiday homes by Jugal Mistri Architects

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Baia Villas is designed to echo the colourful architecture of Mandrem "Baia Villas started with an intimate understanding of the site and the small town of Mandrem in north Goa, which boasts remarkable beaches and heightened spirits," said Jugal Mistri Architects founder Jugal Mistri. "[It]

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Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material?

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Photo courtesy of Elisabeth Polzella Yet, despite the potential carbon savings, the material is not being commonly used as a modern construction material. She explained that the proximity of a quarry to the construction site is important if the material is to be used sustainably.

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Ten architecture projects by students at Carleton University

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My sense of touch helps me explore clay, tackling the critical problem of discarded waste sites called brownfields in Canada. Designed for Deconstruction by Arkoun Merchant "Designed for Deconstruction presents a framework for deconstruction in the context of Barrio Rodrigo Bueno, a self-built settlement in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "It

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

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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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