Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos (
December 10,
1870 in
Brno,
Moravia -
August 8,
1933 in
Vienna,
Austria) was an early-
twentieth-century Viennese modernist
architect (associated with the
International Style). In addition to his architecture, Loos is noteworthy for his "Ornament and Crime" manifesto. In this he expressed the idea that the progress of culture is associated with the elimination of ornament from useful objects. Accordingly, the most primitive societies use a lot of decoration and the most advanced societies have no superfluous ornament. Adolf Loos' views are representative of the
Modern Movement in architecture, the famous catch phrase of which is "Form follows function".
Important Works include:
- Steiner House, Vienna, Austria, 1910
- Rufer House, Vienna, Austria, 1922
- Khuner Villa, Kreuzberg, Austria, 1930
- Villa Müller, Prague, Czech Republic, 1930
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