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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 ...
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 ...
Architectural Record

Design Trends for Custom Homes: Form, Function and Flexibility

This live webinar will take a look at a number residential building projects that have embraced current trends in custom home architecture and design. In the wake of the pandemic, comfortable living ...
The Edge Singapore

Functionality first: Form always follows function for Swan & Maclaren architect Lim Chai Boon

Lim Chai Boon is president and chief designer of the Singapore firm responsible for many national heritage buildings, ...
ArchDaily

Formal and Material Experimentation: Key Lessons from Modernist Architecture Pioneers

Wars, decolonization, economic crises, civil movements, and industrial-technological revolutions: the 20th century was a period of radical and far-reaching transformations. These upheavals reshaped ...
The Desert Sun

Catholic Church Architecture Explored Through Meaning, Design, and Function

Unlike typical commercial architecture firms, Mythodium sees every church commission as a narrative journey from vision to reality. They help clients articulate a clear story and purpose before ...
ArchDaily

FORM FOLLOWS CLIMATE: Conference on Climate Responsive Architecture

Join us for the fifth edition of Z-axis – Form Follows Climate! This year, the urgency of climate responsive architecture will be addressed through four sessions exploring the concept of ‘Form Follows ...