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Adolf Loos
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Austrian and Czech architect and art collector (1870-1933)
Adolf Loos was an influential Austrian and Czech architect and art collector who lived from 1870 to 1933. He is significant for his contributions to architectural design during a transformative period in modern architecture.
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- Born
- 1870
- Died
- 1933
- Works
- 41
Top works
- Орнамент і Злочин
- Spoken into the void
- The architecture of Adolf Loos
- Ornament and Crime
- Adolf Loos
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adolf
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cisleithania
- Place of birth
- Brno
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Spouse
- Claire Beck Loos
- Educated at
- Stiftsgymnasium Melk
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Notable work
- Villa Müller
- Field of work
- modern architecture
- Movement
- modern architecture
- Image
- Adolf Loos (1870–1933) (vor 1920; Franz Löwy).jpg
- Work location
- Czechoslovakia
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- place of burial
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- Commons category
- Adolf Loos
- date of birth
- 1870-01-01
- date of death
- 1933-03-28
- Commons gallery
- Adolf Loos
- topic's main category
- Category:Adolf Loos
- name in native language
- Adolf Loos
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- writing language
- German
- described at URL
- arch-pavouk.cz/index.php/architekti/574-loos-adolf
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Encyclopedic overview
Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos ( German: [ˈaːdɔlf ˈloːs]; 10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect, influential European theorist, polemicist of modern architecture. He was inspired by modernism and a widely-known critic of the Art Nouveau movement. His controversial views and literary contributions sparked the establishment of the Vienna Secession movement and postmodernism.
Loos was born in Brno to a family of sculptors and stonemasons. His father, a stonemason who was almost deaf, died when he was 9 and played a role in Loos' interest in arts and crafts. Loos later inherited his father's hearing impairment and other health-related issues. His lack of hearing contributed to his solitary personality. Loos had three tumultuous marriages that all ended in divorce, and was convicted as a pedophile in 1928.
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