Download Form Follows Function Architektur Pics. The principle is that the shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon its intended function or purpose. Sullivan in his 1896 essay the tall office building artistically considered. sullivan understood both the magnitude of this historical change in architecture and the possibility that beauty may be left behind in the rush to be the tallest.
At the time, i thought nothing of it. Stripping it down to its core it is about looking good, especially naked. Chicago architect and father of the skyscraper louis sullivan is credited with introducing the phrase to a generation of architects and industrial designers.
However, a design appropriate to the present must be developed when applied to modern use.
That beauty results from purity of function. The principle is that the shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon its intended function or purpose. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union. We soon started to see this in design disciplines beyond architecture.