There's very little English-language material on Brno's functionalist architecture.
For now the project has been slowed by legal wrangling over the building currently on the site, an example of mid-20th-century functionalist architecture designed by a Russian émigré, Vladimir Kaspé.
Two silk-and-fur corner sculptures by Lizzie Scott soften and sensualize the gallery's functionalist architecture, while Patricia Smith's cartographic drawings propose the dubiously utopian design of an ashram that doubles as a corporate retreat.
July 2, 1891 Turku, Finland December 21 , 1955Turku, Finland Erik Bryggman, (born July 2, 1891, Turku, Fin. died Dec. 21, 1955, Turku) architect notable for his role in bringing modern functionalist architecture to Finland.
We distinguish functionalist architecture ("form follows function"), which focuses on the primary, utilitarian function of a building, from experiential architecture ("from function to form"), which uses the form of a building to communicate symbolically about the organization.
The core of Ciudad Universitaria, however, was brought into this world in just a few years in the early 1950s, and thus houses a notable concentration of modern functionalist architecture, which is one of the main reasons why Unesco declared it a World Heritage Site in mid-2007.
Thus, functionalist architectural doctrine places function or utility at the heart of the architectural enterprise, with other aspects of architecture subordinate thereto.
With it, he sought to counter the functionalist dogmas to which architecture remained subject throughout the postwar decades.
In his architecture he joined the functionalist aspirations of his generation with a strong sense of expressionism.
Functionalist modern furniture consciously related itself to progressive architecture, which aided its steady growth in the third, fourth, and fifth decades of the 20th century; at the same time it was also encouraged by friendly periodicals, shops, and museums.
The Functionalist creed, however, is especially associated with the modern style of architecture, which developed during the second quarter of the 20th century as a result of changes in building technique, new types of buildings required, and changing cultural and aesthetic ideals.
