On Architecture (STUDIES IN AUSTRIAN LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND THOUGHT)
Loos, Adolf; Opel, Daniel
ISBN 10: 1572410981 ISBN 13: 9781572410985
Published by Ariadne Press, 2002
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Book by Loos, Adolf
Synopsis: This volume gathers the few essays written by the quirky Austrian architect Loos (d. 1933) as well as student notes of his lectures. The essays respond in part to his best-known essay "Ornament and crime", in which he criticized ornament as a waste of labor. Among other topics the essays celebrate classical architecture, critique certain inefficien
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Title: On Architecture (STUDIES IN AUSTRIAN ...
Publisher: Ariadne Press
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good