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It is a contemporary style that primarily counters the ordered rationality of ]. The underpinnings of this movement include ideas of fragmentation, ] processes of design, ], negating polarities such as structure and envelope, and so on. The final visual appearance of buildings in this style are characterised by a stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos. However, critics of Deconstruction see it as a purely formal exercise with little social significance. It is a contemporary style that primarily counters the ordered rationality of ]. The underpinnings of this movement include ideas of fragmentation, ] processes of design, ], negating polarities such as structure and envelope, and so on. The final visual appearance of buildings in this style are characterized by a stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos. However, critics of Deconstruction see it as a purely formal exercise with little social significance.


Some prominent ]s who practice in this mode are: Some prominent ]s who practice in this mode are:

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The aluminium clad east face of Daniel Libeskind's Imperial War Museum North.

You might be looking for the philosophical idea of Deconstruction.

Deconstructivism, also called Deconstruction, is a recent school of thought in architecture which draws its philosophical bases from the literary movement Deconstruction.


It is a contemporary style that primarily counters the ordered rationality of Modern Architecture. The underpinnings of this movement include ideas of fragmentation, non-linear processes of design, non-Euclidean geometry, negating polarities such as structure and envelope, and so on. The final visual appearance of buildings in this style are characterized by a stimulating unpredictability and a controlled chaos. However, critics of Deconstruction see it as a purely formal exercise with little social significance.

Some prominent architects who practice in this mode are:

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