0 based on the principle that the most important thing about an object or building is its use rather than what it looks like:
a compact, 1930s functionalist building that was once the local bank
These commercial office blocks share a depressingly functionalist approach to architecture.
A functionalist explanation considers an animal's traits acording to their contribution to the animal's survival.
From a functionalist perspective, society is regarded as a system.
The building's functionalist design owed much to Emberton's assistant George Fairweather.
The interior was designed by the innovative functionalist architect E. G. Asplund.
It was a rather pretentious building for the usually functionalist family.
cheap, functionalist designs devoid of any real complexity
The functionalist view of consultancy sees consulting firms as carriers and transmitters of management knowledge.
Both approaches ultimately collapse into functionalist theorizing that do not meaningfully deviate from socially reductionist accounts of policy implementation.
