funkis

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1. Pertaining to a Scandinavian style of functionalist architecture.

   A two-story house, so strictly funkis that he named it monkish, and earned top points from his girlfriend for it.

   2016, Steinumm Sigurðardóttir, translated by Philip Roughton, The Good Lover, World Editions, page 19

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   Funkis buildings can be identified by their flat roofs, large, flat surfaces, curved walls, geometric shapes, horizontal bands of windows, flexible interiors, and lack of excess decorations.

   2010, Margaret Hayford O'Leary, Culture and Customs of Norway, page 191

   It moves on next month to include two further nesting boxes, both fitted out in Scandinavia's trademark Funkis architectural style, where Klann hopes the show's feathered stars will hatch and rear their young.

   2014 March 18, Richard Orange, The Guardian