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Koningin Julianaplein OMA The Hague, the Netherlands
TVCC OMA Beijing, China
Blown-up Fonts: A typographical approach for the building shape.
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arket economy has been a dominant force in defining the content of culture, which, in turn, directly defines the content and shape of the architecture of today. Architecture of the 21st century was mostly produced in democratic regimes till the 1970-80s, but the new architectural movement is prevalent in territories where a semi-democratic or non-democratic system exists. Now it is taking place mostly in the Middle East and Eastward. There are no manifestos left, and our culture has become kind of impotent to defining the architecture. From the viewpoint of design education, it is important to be continuously evaluating and be aware of current
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Max Reinhardt Haus Peter Eisenman, Berlin, Germany