It’s integral that form follows
function, like it would be pointless to have a play area built like a prison. This
is what makes architecture so important. Architecture is necessary to have so
that buildings have form that follows function, but also adds a visually appealing
sense to design. Without architecture buildings and homes would all look
simple, and have a variety of pointless aspects.
An important aspect of architecture
and architects is the idea that a problem of some sort must be solved. In the
case of Career Center East, and architect must have attempted to fit all of the
different classroom types, and class needs, into one building. An architect’s
job is often to solve a problem of how to fit everything into one object, or in
this case a building. CCE classes range from the medical profession, with
hospital beds, to an auto shop, complete with car lifts. Architecture is
necessary to fit all of these complex elements into one building. Architecture
could be considered a type of puzzle building, in which all of the functions
must fit into one building. Without the presence of architecture, CCE would
just be a mild boring building, in which every class room looked the same,
despite the classes’ needs. Architecture is the reason that the building is
designed the way it is, because it’s laid out in a fashion that has every necessary
aspect, such as a film studio, but stayed within every parameter, such as
financial parameters.
While
architecture is important so that form follows function, it is also necessary
to give buildings the “aw,” that is so desired by viewers. Architecture is the
sense of design that is added to buildings, it’s what turns buildings from just
another thing, to a work of wonder. Chicago is one of those cities in which the
architecture will cause you to pause and look twice. It is scattered with
different styles of architecture ranging from Gothic Revival to Modernism, such
as the Willis Tower (Sears Tower). The skyline has been transformed and altered
over the years with new building styles popping up over the last few centuries.
Architecture is what caused all of these buildings to be so magnificent. The
small design aspects that were picked and designed by an architect is what
causes people to look at these buildings many years later. 
Architecture gives buildings a
sense of life that fits the time period in which they were designed. While
admiring the architecture, people are allowed to be transported back to the
time in which the building was built. Buildings are such a huge part of history
because of their sheer size and life span; the architectural styles of a time
period is a synopsis of the style of that period. Buildings are a huge
monument, and they definitely reflect the style of a period.
