Adolf Loos : the last houses = poslední domy./ txt
Last houses Poslední domy
Christopher Long ; translation: Lucie Kellnerová Kalvachová.
- 159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 29 cm book
In English and Czech.
6 Preface -- 8 Introduction -- 12 A Birthday Celebration -- 27 The Making of a New Spatial Conception -- 63 First Experiments -- 64 Würfelhaus" -- 68 Single-Family House 75 Liberating the Raumplan -- 76 House for Dr. Hugo and Lisa Bojko -- 120 House for Mitzi Schnabl -- 122 Double House at the Vienna Werkbundsiedlung -- 126 Apartment for Heinrich Jordan -- 130 Villa for Dr. Josef Fleischner -- 135 Villa Winternitz -- 136 Addition for Oskar Semler and Jana Semlerovy -- 140 Conclusion --
This insightful book, by one of the leading scholars on Adolf Loos, explores Loos's last houses, those he designed in the final three years of his life. Presenting numerous plans and photographs of Loos's late works for the first time, it suggests new ways of understanding his Raumplan concept and how the architect rethought his ideas of space and spatial planning.
9788074373206 8074373207
Loos, Adolf--Criticism and interpretation--1870-1933 Architecture Domestic--20th century Architecture, Modern--20th century Space Architecture Loos, Adolf--1870-1933 Architecture Domestic Architecture, Modern