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" ... "For example, it is not yet clear ... Building upon recent scientific advances, Ecker and his team can now address this question. For a long time, ...

“Form follows function” is a maxim many modern architects swear by. For the designers of these flashy and usually pointless structures, one part of that equation was left out. In architecture ...

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 ...

Harvard Business School's Andrew McAfee has been doing a compelling job lately describing the use of Web 2.0-style collaboration techniques in the enterprise. He calls this Enterprise 2.0 and has ...

Happy birthday, Louis Henry Sullivan.. The father of the skyscraper, patriarch of modernism, coiner of everyone's favorite design phrase, "form (ever) follows function," was born on this day in 1856.

If the United Community Center seems to be in perpetual construction mode on Milwaukee’s near south side, that’s because it is. The UCC opened a new lobby, a Latino art gallery and an ...

But that is not the case. A fundamental concept in architecture, organizations, and science is that form follows function. In the case of schools, our age-old industrial model forms will never be ...

For a New Generation of Woodworkers, Form Follows Function In response to the colorful, zanier side of modern furniture, some American craftspeople are returning to elemental, straightforward and ...

“If form follows function, then you should be able to look at a building and have a good idea about what goes on inside,” said Jack Nasar, co-author of the study and professor of city and ...