the last houses = poslední domy Long, Christopher creator text monographic eng

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159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 29 cm 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. 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 -- Christopher Long ; translation: Lucie Kellnerová Kalvachová. In English and Czech. 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 NA1011.5.L6 L66 2020 724.6 9788074373206 8074373207 pucpr 211025 20211025193943.0 eng