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His father Adolf Loos was a German stonemason who died when Loos was nine years old. [4] His mother, Marie Loos, was a sculptor who later carried on the masonry business after her husband's death. Young Adolf Loos had inherited his father's hearing impairment and was significantly handicapped by it throughout his life, contributing to his ...
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Flag of the governor of Seychelles (1903–1961) Flag of the governor of Seychelles (1961–1976) Sir Bruce Greatbatch, colonial governor of the Seychelles, inspecting police guard of honour in 1972. This is a list of colonial governors of Seychelles, an archipelagic island country in the Indian Ocean.
Originally owned by Jean-Francois Marie Jorre de St. Jorre, who hailed from Saint Andre de La Reunion, the estate was named La Plaine St. Andre. [2] It stretched from Au Cap to Anse Royale. During Seychelles' time as a French colony, it was a major plantation, supplying much of the island's southern area with agricultural produce.
Au Cap (French pronunciation: [o kap]) is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé.. Au Cap has a surface area of 875 hectares. It is bordered to the north by the district of Anse Aux Pins, to the south by the district of Anse Royale, to the west by the district of Anse Boileau and to the east by the Indian Ocean.
Anse aux Pins is situated in the East Region of Mahe, and is bordered by Cascade, Pointe Larue, and Au Cap Districts. There are nine sub-districts: Anse Faure, Anse Aux Pins Central, Bodamien, Cayole, Ramo, Berlin, Capucin, Anse Aux Pins Reef Estate, and Ile Soleil. [2] Beach landscape in Anse-aux-Pins
In his book Adolf Loos: The Art of Architecture, writer Joseph Masheck draws parallels between Loos's mausoleum and the work of later post-modern architects and artists including the brick installations of Carl Andre, the "gray prisms" of sculptor Robert Morris and the sculptures of Tony Smith, the last of which was an influence on I. M. Pei. [1]