Adolf Loos has 33 books on Goodreads with 5192 ratings. Adolf Loos’s most popular book is Ornament and Crime: Selected Essays.

Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos [1] (German pronunciation: [ˈaːdɔlf ˈloːs]; 10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect, influential European theorist, and a polemicist of modern architecture.

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Nov 5, 2024 · Adolf Loos (1870–1933), an opponent of ornamentation on buildings, designed buildings in Vienna that contrasted with the popular Art Nouveau and Secession styles. In this anthology of eight essays, Long takes on the meanings of Loos’ writings and design work, the cultural world in which he was embedded, and how he was regarded by the ...

Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos was an Austrian architect. He was influential in European Modern architecture, and in his essay Ornament and Crime he abandoned the aesthetic principles of the Vienna Secession.

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Sep 1, 1997 · Ornament and Crime contains thirty-six original essays by the celebrated Viennese architect, Adolf Loos (1870-1933). Most deal with questions of design in a wide range of areas, from architecture and furniture, to clothes and jewelery, pottery, plumbing, and printing; others are polemics on craft education and training, and on design in general.

Oct 23, 2014 · Four books from our contributors on the Vienna-trained architect and architectural theorist and writer Adolf Loos (1870–1933). From the Publisher. Adolf Loos was an eloquent voice against the squandering of fine materials, ornamentation and unnecessary embellishments.