The phrase "form follows function" was coined in 1918 by American architect Louis Sullivan, who wrote that if "a building is properly designed, one should be able with a little attention, to read ...

The function-follows-form Sydney Opera House, designed by Jorn Utzon, exemplifies this. Advertisement Long before the modernist phrase was coined and codified, function determined architectural form.

Form follows function, so I trust that for architects who operate on with broad “outside-in” perspective, the view of architecture’s value in co-workers’ hearts and minds will reflect the ...

According to Wikipedia, “form follows function is a principle associated with modern architecture and industrial design in the 20th century. The principle is that the shape of a building or ...

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As an architecture major, I am well versed, maybe indoctrinated, with the design principle ‘form follows function’. A principle associated with the birth of modern architecture at the turn of the 20th ...

Only time will reveal whether destination architecture truly accomplishes its purpose: to attract an audience, stimulate development, and revitalize a dying district or neighborhood. The modern ...

The Margaret Hunt Hill span represents sophisticated engineering, but also art concealing art.

So, to recap: In modern cars, form does not follow function, at least not literally. And yet, never is form so disassociated from function that a rolling Parthenon makes it to production. Also ...

At the center of “Columbus” is a bank designed by Eero Saarinen. It’s the first truly modernist bank, a simple unimposing glass building. Built in a time — Casey (Haley Lu Richardson “Split”) tells us ...