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    Ornament and Crime

    Adolf Loos

    ‘But art has nothing to do with forgery, with lies. The paths of art may be thorny, but they are clean.’

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    Adolf Loos: Meaning, Context, Reception

    Christopher Long

    Christopher Long's latest volume of essays on the prestigious 19th-century architect, essayist and progenitor of modernism

    Architectural historian and leading voice on Adolf Loos, Christopher Long returns with another commentary…

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    Adolf Loos

    August Sarnitz

    With his passion for smooth surfaces, fine lines, and spatial plans, Adolf Loos was a prophet of 20th-century architecture. This essential introduction explores his rejection of ornamental forms and his…

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    Adolf Loos

    Roberto Schezen

    A look at one of the first and most influential modern architects, this reissued edition of Adolf Loos is a must-read for architectural professionals and students as well as anyone…

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    Adolf Loos

    August Sarnitz

    With his passion for smooth surfaces, fine lines, and spatial plans, Adolf Loos was a prophet of 20th-century architecture. This essential introduction explores his rejection of ornamental forms and his…

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    Essays on Adolf Loos

    Christopher Long

    Fresh insights into the thought and work of the modernist architect, from Loos expert Christopher Long

    In this collection of essays, noted architectural historian and University of Texas professor Christopher…

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    The Private Adolf Loos: Portrait of an Eccentric Genius

    Claire Beck Loos

    Lively, snapshot-like vignettes form an intimate, literary portrait of the infamously eccentric and influential modern architect Adolf Loos.

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    Adolf Loos A Private Portrait

    Claire Beck Loos

    Lively snapshot vignettes featuring Adolf Loos between 1929-1933 reveal the personality that helped shape modern architecture in Vienna and Czechoslovakia.

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    Adolf Loos: The Art of Architecture

    Professor Joseph Masheck (Hofstra University, USA)

    Widely regarded as one of the significant prophets of modern architecture, Adolf Loos was a celebrity in his own day. This book argues that Loos’ masterful astylistic architecture was an…

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    Adolf Loos: Works and Projects

    Ralf Bock

    Reveals the sensuality of Adolf Loos interior designs, demonstrating that Loos was not an architect of the white modern movement but rather fought against it as he saw the work…

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    Adolf Loos: The Last Houses

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    A leading Adolf Loos expert provides fresh insight into the last three years of the legendary architect’s prolific career

    Perhaps no one was more polemical in early 20th-century European architecture…

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    Das Andere

    Adolf Loos

    In 1903, Adolf Loos edited the journal Das Andere - Ein Blatt zur Einfuhrung abendlandischer Kunst inOsterreich, in which he expressed his thoughts on, and theories of, contemporary architecture, fashion…

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    Fashioning Vienna: Adolf Loos’s Cultural Criticism

    Janet Stewart

    This book seeks, through an examination of the form and content of his texts, to extend our understanding of Adolf Loos and his role in the struggle to define the…

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    Fashioning Vienna: Adolf Loos’s Cultural Criticism

    Janet Stewart

    This book seeks, through an examination of the form and content of his texts, to extend our understanding of Adolf Loos and his role in the struggle to define the…

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    Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, and the Road to Modern Architecture

    Werner Oechslin (Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich)

    Examines the origins of ‘tectonics’ as concept and ideal in early Modern architecture.

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    Adolf Loos - Why a Man Should be Well Dressed

    Throughout his life Adolf Loos raised his eloquent voice against\nthe squandering of fine materials, frivolous ornamentation and\nunnecessary embellishments. His admirers consider him to be the\ninspiration for all modern architecture. Yet…

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    Ornament und Verbrechen von Adolf Loos. Eine Analyse

    Luitgard Kastelliz

    Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: gut, Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz (Germanistik), Veranstaltung: Proseminar, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ich werde mich in dieser Proseminararbeit mit dem…

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    Walter Benjamin Und Adolf Loos: Nachdenken Uber Zerstorung

    Dietrich Worbs

    Loos hatte 1926 behauptet, je groaer der Anteil der Zerstorung an der menschlichen Arbeit sei, desto mehr sei sie wirklich menschliche, naturliche, edle Arbeit . Dieses Lob der Zerstorung hat…

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    Stimmung in der Architektur der Wiener Moderne: Josef Hoffmann und Adolf Loos

    Lil Helle Thomas

    Die Architekten Josef Hoffmann und Adolf Loos setzen sich zeitgleich mit dem Unbehagen gegeneber der eigenen Zeit und den beiden Topoi AEsthetizismus und Psychologismus auseinander. Wahrend Hoffmann im Zuge dessen…

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    Wege der Moderne / Ways to Modernism: Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos und die Folgen / and Their Impact

    Josef Hoffmann wanted a comprehensive aestheticization of all spheres of life, while Adolf Loos interpreted architecture and design as a functional background. This book features works of Hoffmann and Loos…

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    Wege der Moderne / Ways to Modernism: Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos und die Folgen / and Their Impact

    Highlights two central approaches: Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) wanted a comprehensive aestheticization of all spheres of life, while Adolf Loos (1870-1933) interpreted architecture and design as a functional background. This book…

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    Das Schone, Das Wahre Und Das Richtige: Adolf Loos Und Das Haus Muller in Prag

    Christian Kuhn

    Adolf Loos war einer der ersten, die Anfang des Jahrhunderts unbedingte Wahrheit in der Architektur forderten. In merkwurdigem Widerspruch dazu scheint zu stehen, dass es derselbe Architekt war, der fur…

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    The Semler Residence

    Petr Domanicky

    This engaging book delves into the Semler Residence, created according to the design of the world-renowned modernist architect Adolf Loos and one of the Czech Republic's most important interwar architectural…

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