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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 ...
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 ...
PBS

Architecture - Study, Form, and Function with Craig Anz

Fred Martino interviews Craig Anz, Director of Graduate Studies in Architecture at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. They discuss the undergraduate and graduate programs in architecture at SIU ...
ArchDaily

When Novelty Follows Function: The Kitschy Designs of Duck Architecture

Design can sometimes be mundane- except when it’s novelty architecture. These buildings uniquely and identifiably break away from the abstract, metaphorical, and often monotonous buildings that have ...