The Looshaus
The Looshaus
$60.00
LOOS. Long, Christopher
Yale Univ. Press, 2011
SKU: 89784
When it was completed in 1911, the Goldman & Salatsch Building in Vienna, the Looshaus, incited controversy for its austerity and plainness. It represented a stark rejection of the contemporary preference for ornamentation, though its architect, Adolf Loos (1870–1933), had intended it to preserve Viennese tradition within a new modernist language. The heated debate that ensued among critics and the public set the project apart, distinguishing it as one of the most important and contentious buildings of the early 20th century. Christopher Long brings to light extensive new research and careful analysis that dispel long-held myths about Loos, his building, and its critical reception.
256 pp. Cl.
