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Adolf Loos - The Cosmopolitan 9788087828618 3
Author Publisher Language Pages Published Width Height
Maria Szadkowska, Petr Krajči Muzeum hlavního města Prahy, National Technical Museum CZ, EN 268 2021 23,30 cm 31,20 cm
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The release of ADOLF LOOS THE COSMOPOLITAN coincided with the exhibition held by the Prague City Museum in collaboration with the National Technical Museum for the 150th birth anniversary of Adolf Loos (10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933), the world-famous father of modern architecture. The exhibition took place from 10 December 2020 to 3 October 2021.

The book presents the most important aspects of Loos’ learning about architecture and lifestyle that was significant for his lifelong oeuvre. Colourful photographs of Loos’ interiors, especially the Villa Müller in Prague and his Plzeň interiors, demonstrate his specific principles: the relationship between the exterior and the interior, symmetry, enfilade layouts, and the ‘Raumplan’. Furthermore, the pictures were selected to remind the reader about the research of Adolf Loos’ work in the Czech lands begun by the Prague City Museum as early as 2003. This research and the Norbertov Study and Documentation Centre activities contributed to increase the awareness of Loos’ work that, inter alia, resulted in the successful renovation of several interiors in Plzeň and the rescue of Viktor Bauer’s villa in Hrušovany near Brno, one of Loos’ first Moravian undertakings, last year.

The publication presents a brand new and unique collection of architectural models of materialised and non-materialised works of Adolf Loos in the Czech lands as well as the model of the never built Chicago Tribune building that dominated the exhibition and symbolised the connection of modern and classical architecture.

Author Maria Szadkowska, Petr Krajči
Publisher Muzeum hlavního města Prahy, National Technical Museum
Language CZ, EN
Pages 268
Published 2021
Width 23,30 cm
Height 31,20 cm