Looshaus

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Looshaus is a pioneering early modernist building in Vienna, Austria, designed by architect Adolf Loos and renowned for its radical rejection of ornament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
early modernist building
address Michaelerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna
architect Adolf Loos NERFINISHED
architecturalSignificance key work of Viennese modernism
landmark of early 20th-century architecture
associatedWithMovement modern architecture movement
associatedWithPerson Adolf Loos NERFINISHED
city Vienna NERFINISHED
client Goldman & Salatsch NERFINISHED
completionDate 1911
constructionStart 1909
controversy criticized at the time for lack of ornament
country Austria
currentUse bank branch
offices
façadeFeature columned lower façade
large shop windows at ground level
unornamented upper stories
floorCount 6
hasAlternativeName Goldman & Salatsch building NERFINISHED
hasArchitecturalElement attic storey
balconies
columns
cornice
hasInteriorFeature richly finished interiors
use of fine materials such as marble and wood
hasNameInGerman Looshaus am Michaelerplatz NERFINISHED
heritageStatus protected historic monument
influencedBy Adolf Loos’s theory "Ornament and Crime" NERFINISHED
locatedIn Michaelerplatz NERFINISHED
locatedInDistrict Innere Stadt NERFINISHED
locatedOpposite Hofburg Palace NERFINISHED
material marble
plaster
stone
near St. Michael’s Church, Vienna NERFINISHED
notableFor contrast with historicist surroundings
plain, unornamented façade
radical rejection of ornament
openingDate 1911
originalFunction tailor shop and office building
partOf historic center of Vienna NERFINISHED
style Early modernism
Modern architecture

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Adolf Loos notableWork Looshaus
Michaelerplatz hasLandmark Looshaus
Michaelerplatz faces Looshaus