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Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos [1] (German pronunciation: [ˈaːdɔlf ˈloːs]; 10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect, influential European theorist, and a polemicist of modern architecture.
He took as one of his examples the tattooing of the "Papuan" and the intense surface decorations of the objects about him—Loos says that, in the eyes of western culture, the Papuan has not evolved to the moral and civilized circumstances of modern man, who, should he tattoo himself, would either be considered a criminal or a degenerate. [4] [5]
Alois Hitler (1837–1903), father of Adolf Hitler; Klara Hitler (1860–1907), mother of Adolf Hitler; Andreas Hofer (1767–1810), Tyrolian freedom fighter (against Napoleon) Sylvie di Giusto, professional Speaker, Consultant and Author; Heinrich Kanner (1864–1930), journalist and editor of the newspaper "Die Zeit" in the k.u.k. Monarchy
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[8] [9] The winners of the biennial Adolf Loos Staatspreis Design are exhibited there. [10] [failed verification] In 2022, Rudolf Klingohr produced a TV documentary "Das Looshaus - Die Rettung eines Baujuwels" (The Looshaus - The Rescue of an Architectural Jewel), which once again summarised the history of the conversion in detail. [11]
CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how three teens at a high school in Iowa jumped into action to help save a man they saw struggling after he fell on train tracks.
In 1910–1913, the current store at Graben 13, one of the most famous Viennese business streets in the city center, was designed by architect Adolf Loos and remains almost unchanged to this day. [2] Loos also designed the branch in Karlovy Vary (1921), the store on Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin (1924) and the annex at 149 Champs-Elysees in Paris ...
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