Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 10. Dezember 1870 |
Geburtsort | Brno |
Todesdatum | Mittwoch, 23. August 1933 |
Todesort | Vienna |
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Beschreibung | Adolf Loos (* 10. Dezember 1870 in Brünn, Mähren, Österreich-Ungarn; † 23. August 1933 in Kalksburg bei Wien, Niederösterreich; heute Teil von Wien) war ein österreichischer Architekt, Architekturkritiker und Kulturpublizist. Er gilt als einer der Wegbereiter der modernen Architektur. |
The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art.
The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.
Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
