Just to note, the utilitarian approach to style received some rebellion just a few decades later. These functionally designed buildings often housed different functions than for what they were intended. The designers seldom thought of things like location, durability or climate and so it turned out to be a very fragile style of architecture. These designers loved the concept of one building for all people and places, but this was not a very practical approach. They believed that our control of science could provide a simple solution to any problem their structures experienced and that machines could accommodate any comfort their spaces failed to achieve. For their obsessive focus on the functionality of their buildings, many did not function well at all.
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http://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/files/photos/villa-savoye-5.jpg
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well done.
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