TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sarnitz,August
TI  - Josef Hoffmann 1870-1956 : : In the realm beauty. 
SN  - 9788073910853 (Slovart : pbk.)
AV  - NA1008 H54 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - United States
PB  - Taschen
KW  - Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria
KW  - Architecture, Austrian
KW  - Local
KW  - Architecture, Modern
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 96); Contents:
6 Introduction --
22 Country House for Paul Wittgenstein --
24 Vienna Secession VIII Exhibition --
26 Double House for Moser and Moll --
28 Henneberg Residence --
30 Spitzer Residence --
32 Vienna Secession XIV Exhibition --
34 Wiener Werkstatte --
46 Purkersdorf Sanatorium --
50 Beer Hofmann Residence --
54 Palais Stoclet --
62 Hunting Lodge for Karl Wittgenstein --
64 Hochstetter House --
66 Kabarett Fledermaus --
68 Ast Residence --
72 Skywa Primavesi Residence --
76 The Ast Country House -- 
78 Housing Complex Klosehof --
82 Sonja Knips Residence --
84 Housing Complex Laxenburgerstrasse --
86 Row Houses at Werkbund Exhibition --
90 Austrian Pavilion at Venice Biennale --
92 Life and Work --
95 Map --
96 Bibliography / Credits / The Author --

N2  - The influence of the Austrian architect and designer Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) is extraordinary. For a period of over 60 years he kept up an aesthetic dialog with Modernism, the International Style, and Art Deco. Before being rediscovered in the 1980s by the Post-Modernists, his work was nearly forgotten but now his importance is unquestioned --
ER  -