deconstructivism
A development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s, characterized…A development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s, characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate.
/diːkənˈstɹʌktɪvɪzəm/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s, characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate.
(uncountable)The practice of deconstructing dishes.
More definitions
- a school of architecture based on the philosophical theory of deconstruction
Origin
From deconstructive + -ism.From deconstructive + -ism.
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