Emerged in 1910, the literature theory of form-structuralism is one of the important part of modern aesthetic theory. The formalists emphasized that the form factors of literature and art is independent of the content, and they have important aesthetic meaning. This kind of aesthetic theory not only promoted the modern art movement, but also affected the development of structuralism and semiotics aesthetic theory. At the same time, it also have profound infl uence on the generation and development process of modern architecture.