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” 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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.