architectonic

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But he is best known for his inimitable, Surrealist pictures featuring skeletal, architectonic figures—merging humans, animals, foliage, totems and signs—which, though indecipherable, are instantly recognizable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

The concrete slabs that were cut out of the river’s bed in order to lay the pipe have been trimmed into triangles and arranged in architectonic stacks in one room of the studio.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023

“Marquee Moon” is both architectonic and disorienting, blueprinted and unpredictable.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023

Katie Dell Kaufman’s work is also geometric, and sometimes incorporates 3D architectonic forms that give the pieces literal depth.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2022

Kant's 'Transcendental �sthetic,' he says, was a real discovery in metaphysics; but on the basis of this he for the most part only gave free play to his architectonic impulse.

From Schopenhauer by Whittaker, Thomas