Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall is "a living room" for Los Angeles
Up next in our deconstructivism series we take a look at the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. More
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Zaha Hadid embraced the potential of deconstructivism
Continuing our series revitising deconstructivist architecture we look at the late Zaha Hadid, the "queen of the curve" who designed the Heydar Aliyev Centre and London Aquatics Centre. More
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"Story of deconstructivism was never told fully or even accurately" says creator of term
Architecture critic Joseph Giovannini, who coined the term deconstructivism, sets the record straight about its meaning in this interview as part of our series on the style. More
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Zaha Hadid's Vitra Fire Station is "ready to explode into action at any moment"
We continue our series on deconstructivism by looking at Zaha Hadid's first major built work, the Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany. More
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The legacy of deconstructivism "makes me want to retreat to the back of the room" says Bernard Tschumi
Deconstructivism was built on intellectual rigour and a desire for exploration that contemporary architects do not share, says French-Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi in this exclusive interview as part of our series on the style. More
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Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum is a "foreboding experience"
Continuing our series on deconstructivism we look at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, one of the architect Daniel Libeskind's first completed projects. More
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"My late father was the first to deliver the new movement to architecture"
Dezeen's deconstructivism series has overlooked the role publisher and editor Dr Andreas Papadakis played in defining the movement, according to his daughter Alexandra Papadakis. More
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Daniel Libeskind is deconstructivism's "late bloomer"
We continue our deconstructivist architecture series with a profile of Daniel Libeskind who designed one of the movement's most evocative buildings, the Jewish Museum Berlin. More
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Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is "the greatest building of our time"
Up next in our deconstructivism series is Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, a building that reignited the city's economy and started a global trend for landmark museums. More
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Frank Gehry brought global attention to deconstructivism
Continuing our series revisiting deconstructivist architecture, we profile Frank Gehry, the Canadian architect who brought global attention to the style with the ground-breaking Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. More
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Wexner Center for the Arts is "a building that is waiting to be a building"
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."
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Rem Koolhaas is the architect who built deconstructivism's legacy
Continuing our series revitising deconstructivist architecture, we profile Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, who is the driving force behind architectural powerhouse OMA. More
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"The very idea of deconstructivism now seems hopelessly implausible"
The excess and self-indulgence of deconstructivism stand in stark contrast to the urgent existential issues facing architects today, writes Catherine Slessor as part of our series revisiting the style. More
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Rem Koolhaas' CCTV Headquarters redefined the skyscraper
We continue our deconstructivism series by looking at the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing by Rem Koolhaas' studio OMA, a building that redefined the traditional form of skyscrapers. More
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Bernard Tschumi is the deconstructivist architect with big ideas
Continuing our series revitising deconstructivist architecture, we profile French-Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi, who designed the seminal Parc de la Villette in Paris. More
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Deconstructivism "killed off postmodernism" says Peter Eisenman
The legacy of deconstructivism was the death of postmodernism, says US architect Peter Eisenman in this exclusive interview as part of our series investigating the 20th-century style. More
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Coop Himmelb(l)au's Falkestrasse rooftop "broke every rule"
Austrian studio Coop Himmelb(l)au's rooftop extension on Falkestrasse in Vienna was one of the earliest completed deconstructionist buildings. Continuing our series reinvestigating the style, we look at the dramatic loft conversion. More
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This week we launched our series about deconstructivist architecture
This week on Dezeen, we kicked off our series exploring deconstructivism, an influential architecture movement from the 20th century led by the likes of Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas. More
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"I always felt slightly repulsed" by deconstructivist label says Daniel Libeskind
Deconstructivism was not a suitable name for the architecture that it represented, argues architect Daniel Libeskind in this exclusive interview as part of our series exploring the 20th-century style. More
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Parc de la Villette is the "largest deconstructed building in the world"
Continuing our deconstructivism series, we take a look at Bernard Tschumi's Parc de la Villette in Paris, one of the movement's earliest and most influential projects. More
