%0 Journal Article %T The play of solids in a single-family house %A Kozłowski, Tomasz %J Housing Environment %V 2019 %R 10.4467/25438700SM.19.038.11669 %N 29/2019 %P 80-100 %K architecture, teaching, composition, student works, house %@ 1731-2442 %D 2020 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/srodowisko-mieszkaniowe/article/the-play-of-solids-in-a-single-family-house %X   The world of architecture is changing, it is quite obvious. Once so necessary as a sine qua non condition for the existence of a work of art, beauty has died. Function, which has been building the shape of architecture for decades, is a rather trivial pre­text today. The composition necessary to create art has been killed by avant-garde art. The art of decomposition has pushed its way into the world of architecture. The single-family house we have become accustomed to is also changing its shape. The spirit of expressionism invades residential architecture. Design science has to follow a new, not entirely known path.