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Should form always follow function? Architect Ole Scheeren isn’t sure: ‘We think of buildings as living organisms’

U.S. architect Louis Sullivan, known as the father of the skyscraper, coined the phrase “form ever follows function” in his 1896 essay, “The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered”. His argument ...
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Opening of "Form Follows Function"

This exhibition exalts a partnership unique for the fields of art and design: the collaboration between the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the American Institute of Architects Houston Chapter. For ...
Network World

Data Center design: Form follows function

American architect Louis Sullivan, the father of modernism, is widely credited with the key axiom of 20th century modern architecture: “Form follows function.” That adage is also vital to data center ...