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Form follows function
Form follows function is a principle of design and architecture, coined by Louis Sullivan in 1896, holding that a building's shape should derive from its intended purpose.
Former and decommissioned reservoirs of Europe
Former and decommissioned reservoirs of Europe are impounding basins permanently emptied or drawn down, by full demolition, notch cutting, or draining, with documented cases including Krebsbach Dam and Lower Neuadd.
Former British Consulate at Takao
Former British Consulate at Takao (打狗英國領事館), a restored 1879 Qing-era British consular complex in Kaohsiung, Taiwan: hilltop residence, shore offices, and hiking trail, now a national historic site and museum.
Formwork
Formwork, also known as concrete forms, is the total system of molds and supports for freshly placed concrete, shaping it until it sets and can carry its own weight.
Fort Adams
Fort Adams is a large coastal fortification in Newport, Rhode Island, built by the US Army between 1824 and 1857, named after President John Adams and guarding Newport Harbor.
Fort Aguada
Fort Aguada, also known as Aguada Fortress, is a Portuguese-built coastal fort in Sinquerim, North Goa, India, built between 1609 and 1612 to guard the Mandovi River.
Fort Boyard (fortification)
Fort Boyard is a sea fort built on a sandbank between the Île d'Aix and Île d'Oléron off the French Atlantic coast, now famous as a game show setting.
Fort Campbell
Fort Campbell, formerly Camp Campbell, is a United States Army installation straddling the Kentucky–Tennessee border between Hopkinsville and Clarksville, opened in 1942 and home since 1956 to the 101st Airborne Division.
Fort Delaware
Fort Delaware is a coastal defense fort on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River, completed in 1859 and best known as a Civil War prison.
Fort Macon
Fort Macon is a Third System coastal fortification guarding the harbor at Beaufort, North Carolina, built between 1826 and 1834 and captured by Union forces in 1862.
Fort Peck Dam
Fort Peck Dam is a large earthen dam on the upper Missouri River in northeastern Montana, built from 1933 and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1940.
Fort Pitt Bridge
The Fort Pitt Bridge is a double-decked steel tied arch bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened in 1959 to carry Interstates 279 and 376 across the Monongahela River into downtown.
Fort Pulaski
Fort Pulaski is a masonry coastal fortification on Cockspur Island near Savannah, Georgia, built 1829 to 1847, best known for the Union rifled-artillery bombardment of April 1862.
Fort Randall Dam
Fort Randall Dam is an earthen dam on the Missouri River near Pickstown, South Dakota, impounding Lake Francis Case and generating 320 megawatts of hydroelectric power.
Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling is a former US Army fort built 1820–1825 at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, now restored as a Minnesota Historical Society museum.
Fort York Armoury and Barracks
Fort York Armoury and Barracks is a military complex in Toronto, comprising the War of 1812-era Fort York and a 1930s armoury still used by the Canadian Armed Forces.
Fortaleza de São José de Macapá
Fortaleza de São José de Macapá is an 18th-century Portuguese fortress on the left bank of the Amazon River in Macapá, Amapá, Brazil, built between 1764 and 1782 under King D. José I.
Forth and Clyde Canal
The Forth and Clyde Canal is a 35-mile ship canal in Scotland linking Grangemouth to Bowling, opened in 1790 and recognized as the world's first sea-to-sea ship canal.
Forth Road Bridge
The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge crossing the Firth of Forth between South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, and North Queensferry in Fife, opened in 1964.
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions: Ghana's serial UNESCO World Heritage site of 28 fortified trading posts (1482-1786) along 500 km of coast, inscribed 1979 for the gold and slave trade.
Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners is a London-based global studio for architecture, engineering, and design, founded by Norman Foster in 1967 and behind the Gherkin, the Millau Viaduct, and Apple Park.
Fotheringhay Castle
Fotheringhay Castle was a castle at Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, birthplace of Richard III in 1452 and site of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587.
Foundation and geotechnical failure of bridges
Foundation and geotechnical failure of bridges is collapse or severe distress caused by the soil and rock supporting a bridge, through settlement, liquefaction, lateral spreading, and embankment instability.
Foundling Hospital
The Foundling Hospital was a London institution founded by Thomas Coram, chartered in 1739 to care for and educate abandoned children; it operated until 1954.
Fountain
A fountain is a structure that issues pressurized water into a basin or the air, used for ornament, drinking water, and cooling in gardens and public squares.
Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery near Ripon in North Yorkshire. Founded in 1132, it was dissolved in 1539 and holds the largest monastic ruins in England.
Four Courts
The Four Courts (Irish: Na Ceithre Cúirteanna) is Ireland's principal courts building on the River Liffey in Dublin, housing the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and High Court since 1931.
Four Major Rivers Restoration Project
The Four Major Rivers Restoration Project was a 2009 to 2012 South Korean public works program that dredged the Han, Nakdong, Geum, and Yeongsan rivers.
Fourteen Locks
Fourteen Locks, also known as the Cefn Flight, is a flight of fourteen canal locks at Rogerstone near Newport, South Wales, built in 1799 and lifting the canal about 168 feet.
Foxton Locks
Foxton Locks is a flight of ten staircase canal locks on the Grand Union Canal in Leicestershire, England, built between 1810 and 1814 to raise the canal 75 feet.