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Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
  • Philosophy (General)
CONT

The term "deconstructivism" in contemporary architecture is opposed to the ordered rationality of modernism and postmodernism ... Deconstructivism took a confrontational stance to architectural history, wanting to "disassemble" architecture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
DEF

Mouvement architectural [...] qui remet en cause les codes de la tradition moderne (symétrie, fonctionnalité, gravité…), prônant une rupture avec la notion d'angle droit.

Spanish

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