Editing Form follows function (section)

{{Short description|Design philosophy of 19th–20th centuries}}
[[File:Wainwright building st louis USA.jpg|thumb|The [[Wainwright Building]] in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]], designed by [[Louis Sullivan]] and built in 1891, is emblematic of his famous maxim "form follows function".|300x300px]]

'''Form follows function''' is a [[Philosophy of design|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.