Adolf Loos Ornament And Crime Pdf
Adolf Loos Born Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos ( 1870-12-10)10 December 1870, Died 23 August 1933 ( 1933-08-23) (aged 62), Occupation Architect Buildings Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos (10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933) was an Austrian and Czech architect and influential European theorist of. His essay advocated smooth and clear surfaces in contrast to the lavish decorations of the and also to the more modern aesthetic principles of the. Loos became a pioneer of modern architecture and contributed a body of theory and criticism of in architecture and design. Loos had three tumultuous marriages that all ended in divorce. He suffered from poor health, including an inherited hearing affliction, and was involved in a pedophilia scandal.
Adolf Loos
He died aged 62 on 23 August 1933 in near.
Adolf Loos Ornament And Crime Pdf
More about Adolf Loos. Bestselling Books: Ornament and Crime: Selected Essays. (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought. Translation Series). Ornament and Crime is an essay and lecture by modernist architect Adolf Loos that criticizes ornament in useful objects. Contrary to popular belief that it was.