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The purpose of this treatise is to consider how the relation between function and form has been changed according to the shift of architectural trends after late 19th century and to understand the features which are present in many recently completed or designed works. The scope of this research begins with analysing the thinking on function which appeared pre-20th century. After that analysis for what purpose, how an when the concept of Functionalism has been emerged is considered through the statements of architectural theorists and practicing architects. 20th century Functionalism pervaded throughout all over the civilized areas in the first half of that century. But around 1960s the notions of Venturi's 'decorated shed' and Jencks' 'architecture as communication' began to attack the weak side of Functionalism. Thus the slogan 'Form follows Function' did not have previous powerful position any longer. Then new dictums such as 'Form follows Fiasco', 'Form follows previous form, not function' has emerged and influenced architectural fields. Nowadays form and function hardly has any prescriptive relation.