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Form follows function

Form follows function is a principle of design associated with late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and industrial design in general, which states that the appearance and structure of a building or object (architectural form) should primarily relate to its intended function or purpose.

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Debate on the functionality of ornamentation

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Form follows function

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples59
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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Form follows function

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related to Architecture · 27
Form follows function → Art Nouveau, As, Carson, Celtic Revival, Chicago, Company Building, Design, Despite, Does, For, Indeed, Irish, It, Louis Sullivan, Many, Modernist, Modernists, One, Pirie, Probably
related to Product design · 15
Form follows function → American, Chrysler Airflow, General Motors, Henry Dreyfuss, His, Like, Loewy, MAYA, Most Advanced Yet Acceptable, Norman Bel Geddes, One, Raymond Loewy, Some, Subsequently, The American
related to External links · 10
Form follows function → Artistically Considered, Gestalt, Gombrich’s, How, Jan Michl, Louis, On, Roy Behrens, Sullivan, The Tall Office Building
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Form follows function → principle of design associated with late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and industrial design in general
related to Application in different fields · 1
Form follows function → Form

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form function follows design architecture sullivan building functional structure phrase like functionality maxim architect shape one needed would industrial purpose

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Form follows functionis aprinciple of design associated with late 19th- and early 20th-century architecture and industrial design in general0.90text
Thoreauinstance ofSullivan was Greenough's much younger compatriot and admired rationalist thinkers0.80text
Emersoninstance ofSullivan was Greenough's much younger compatriot and admired rationalist thinkers0.80text
Whitmaninstance ofSullivan was Greenough's much younger compatriot and admired rationalist thinkers0.80text
and Melvilleinstance ofSullivan was Greenough's much younger compatriot and admired rationalist thinkers0.80text
as well as Greenough himselfinstance ofSullivan was Greenough's much younger compatriot and admired rationalist thinkers0.80text
Form follows functionrelated to Application in different fieldsForm0.60section
Form follows functionrelated to ArchitectureThe0.60section
Form follows functionrelated to ArchitectureModernist0.60section
Form follows functionrelated to ArchitectureDoes0.60section
Form follows functionrelated to ArchitectureDesign0.60section
Form follows functionrelated to ArchitectureFor0.60section

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