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Monday, January 16, 2006

Fashion of architecture, architecture of fashion

Snip from description of a show taking place at the AIA's Center for Architecture in NYC, now through March 11:

Architecture is making its presence felt in fashion as the pliable metals, membrane structures, lightweight glasses and flexible plastics used in building construction are creeping on to the catwalks. At the same time, architects and interior designers are borrowing the techniques of pleating and draping from traditional tailoring to design buildings that are interactive, inflatable, and even portable.

Link. Image: Hussein Chalayan, Fin top with Matching Skirt, Before Minus Now, Spring/Summer '00.

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