Adolf Loos
Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos 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.
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- Born in
- Brno
- Educated at
- Stiftsgymnasium MelkUniversity of Applied Arts ViennaTUD Dresden University of Technology
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1870
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