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Adolf Loos ( December 10, 1870 in Brno, Moravia – August 8, 1933 in Vienna, Austria) was an early- twentieth-century Viennese modernist architect (associated with the International Style). In addition to his architecture, Loos is noteworthy for his essay " Ornament and Crime" written in 1908. In this he expressed the idea that the progress of culture is associated with the elimination of ornament from useful objects, and that it was a crime to have craftsmen waste their time on ornamentation that served to hasten the time when an object was obsolete. Accordingly, the most primitive societies use a lot of decoration and the most advanced societies have no superfluous ornament, or at least there is benefit in suppressing ornamentation which serves no useful purpose. Adolf Loos' views are representative of the Modern Movement in architecture, the famous catch phrase of which is "Form follows function". Important Works include:
- Steiner House, Vienna, Austria, 1910
- Rufer House, Vienna, Austria, 1922
- Khuner Villa, Kreuzberg , Austria, 19301930 is the common year starting on Wednesday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 6 The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed ( Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 G
- Villa Müller, PragueStatistics Area:496 km² Population: 1,169,106 2001 Map Prague Praha in Czech) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in central Bohemia, it is home to approximately 1. 2 million inhabitants. It can be derived f, Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic ( Czech: Ceska republika is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The republic borders Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east. Historic Prague, a major tourist attraction, 19301930 is the common year starting on Wednesday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 6 The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed ( Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 G
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