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Functionalism (architecture)

In architecture, functionalism is the principle that buildings should be designed based solely on their purpose and function. An international functionalist architecture movement emerged in the wake of World War I, as part of the wave of Modernism. Its ideas were largely inspired by a desire to build a new and better world for the people, as broadly and…

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Functionalism (architecture)

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the Villa Savoye in Poissyinstance ofand his early built work0.80text
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is thought of as prototypically functioninstance ofand his early built work0.80text
Villa Tugendhat in Brnoinstance ofwith notable examples0.80text
designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1928instance ofwith notable examples0.80text
Villa Müller in Pragueinstance ofwith notable examples0.80text
designed by Adolf Loos in 1930instance ofwith notable examples0.80text
and the majority of the city of Zlíninstance ofwith notable examples0.80text
developed by the Bata shoe company as a factory town in the 1920sinstance ofwith notable examples0.80text
designed by Le Corbusier's student František Lydie Gahura.Numerous villasinstance ofwith notable examples0.80text
apartment buildingsinstance ofwith notable examples0.80text
interiorsinstance ofwith notable examples0.80text

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