Adolf loos biography wikipedia

Donahue, in his book on art historian Wilhelm WorringerInvisible Cathedrals: The Expressionist Art History of Wilhelm Worringerdescribes the mausoleum as possessing an "innate severity of cubical massing serving an expressive purpose of spiritual gravity". Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version.

In other projects. The book was intended to raise funds for Loos' tomb. All his life, Loos suffered from a hearing impairment. When he was a child, he was deaf. He only acquired partial hearing at the age of In Loos was diagnosed with cancer. His stomach, appendix and part of his intestine were removed. In Loos was disgraced by a pedophilia scandal in Vienna.

He had commissioned young girls, aged 8 to 10, from poor families to act as models in his studio. The indictment stated that Loos had exposed himself and forced his young models to participate in sexual acts. He was found partially guilty in a court decision of Adolf Loos exhibited early signs of dementia around the time of his court proceedings.

A few months before his death he suffered a stroke. Through his writings and his groundbreaking projects in Vienna, Loos was able to influence other architects and designers, and the early development of Modernism. His careful selection of materials, passion for craftsmanship and use of 'Raumplan'—the considered ordering and size of interior spaces based on function—are still admired.

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Adolf loos biography wikipedia

Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikidata item. Austrian and Czechoslovak architect and theorist of modern architecture. Loos c. BrnoAustria-Hungary. ViennaAustria. Early life [ edit ]. Youth [ edit ]. Education [ edit ]. Career [ edit ]. United States [ edit ]. Vienna [ edit ].

Architectural theory [ edit ]. Loos House and other projects [ edit ]. Private life [ edit ]. Marriages [ edit ]. Poor health [ edit ]. Adolf Loos, Ornamento e delitto. Visita nel l'esposizione internazionale di Chicagoentusiasmandosi per l'architettura statunitense, in particolar modo di Louis Sullivan. Neldopo una breve permanenza a Londrasi stabilisce a Vienna.

Loos dichiara esplicitamente il suo amore per l'architettura e la cultura angloamericana fondando nel una rivista, di cui usciranno due soli numeri, dal titolo Das Andere L'altrofautrice dell'introduzione di quella cultura in Austria. Nel Loos fu travolto da uno scandalo di pedofilia. Aveva infatti ingaggiato ragazzine provenienti da famiglie indigenti, fra gli 8 e i 10 anni, per lavorare come modelle nel suo studio.

I capi d'accusa indicavano che Loos aveva costretto le giovanissime modelle a partecipare ad atti sessuali e fu ritenuto parzialmente colpevole dalla corte. Nel pubblica Parole nel vuoto Ins Leere gesprochen in cui attacca la Secessione viennese nel momento di massima espansione. Nel pubblica Nonostante Tutto Trotzdemcontenente tutti gli scritti da lui pubblicati dal alcompresi i due numeri della sua rivista Das Andere e il famoso saggio Ornamento e Delitto [ 6 ].

Il suo primo progetto risale al : la ristrutturazione di Villa Karma situata a Montreux e caratterizzata dall'estrema semplificazione delle superfici e dal rigoroso studio volumetrico. Einrichtung Knize, Filiale Karlsbad. Loos-Schreibtisch Haus Friedmann u. Wohnung Georg Roynachgestellt im Hofmobiliendepot [ 44 ]. Glasgestaltung [ Bearbeiten Quelltext bearbeiten ].

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