Architecture in the 20th century was defined by a single dominant style: modernism. This design movement transformed the ...

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 ...

Form follows function is an architectural principle that means that the design of a building should be dictated by its intended use. When it's applied to organizations it means the first thing that ...

Happy birthday, Louis Henry Sullivan. The father of the skyscraper, patriarch of modernism, coiner of everyone's favorite design phrase, "form (ever) follows function," was born on this day in 1856.

When you look at the exterior of a building, can you tell whether the building is a city hall, an art museum, a library, or a live theater? Most people can't, according to a new study. And those ...

“So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture: declaring organic architecture to be the modern ideal and the teaching so much needed if we are to see the whole of life, and to now serve ...