Adolf Loos, který na přelomu století svou kritikou současné kultury „literárně“ zboural zastaralé stavby historismu, by dnes asi dostal titul guru lifestylu. Jeho životní styl byl svobodný a přijímající podněty z celého. Pro tehdy jen malý okruh přátel a umělců byl hvězdným architektem.
Objevte bohatství Wagnerových projektů, od impozantní budovy vídeňské Poštovní spořitelny až po brilantní kostel sv. Leopolda ve Steinhofu, jednu z nejdůležitějších církevních staveb ve stylu art nouveau na světě, na pozadí politických, ekonomických a společenských událostí jeho doby. Tento pronikavý přehled obsahuje i mapu s nejslavnějšími projekty architekta a nové, aktuální snímky od mistrů fotografie, jako je například Keiiči Tahara.
Rakouský architekt a designér Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) dalekosáhle ovlivnil svou dobu: celých 60 let vedl tvůrčí dialog se secesí a stylem art deco. Předtím, než ho v osmdesátých letech znovu objevili postmodernisté, upadlo jeho dílo téměř do zapomnění; nyní je jeho význam nepochybný. Jako designér byl jednou z klíčových osobností Wiener Werkstätte a udržoval úzké styky s hnutím Umění a řemesla. Jako architekt dal Evropě některé z jejích prvních moderních budov, například sanatorium v Purkersdorfu (1904) nebo Palais Stoclet (1905-1911). Ve svém díle kráčel napříč různými styly a školami, ale zachovával neúchylný formalismus. S funkcionalismem se rozešel ještě dříve, než tento styl vyšel z módy. Z pohledu dějin byl Hoffmann dvakrát avantgardní: při vzestupu modernismu i při jeho pádu.
Intense urban development and consistent modernisation have marked the last three decades in Vienna. This new architectural guide with its essays on urban culture, urban renewal and urban spaces is a reflection of this process. Approximately 300 objects are presented in the book's main part by means of texts, photos and plans, each building localized and easy to find on the accompanying maps. This new guide will prove itself ideal both as a handy accompaniment on city strolls and as a reference work on new Viennese Architecture, and in that it offers an insight into the city's Architectural Institutions and selected restaurants, cafés and bars. TOC: From the contents: Three essays by August Sarnitz, Matthias Boeckl and Reinhard Seiß / selected architectural tours / 300 buildings and their construction / Vienna's Architectural Institutions / architect-designed restaurants, cafés and bars / index of the buildings presented
Widely regarded as one of the most significant prophets of modern architecture, Adolf Loos (1870-1933) was a star in his own time, known throughout Vienna as an outspoken, audacious dandy and moralist who defied the establishment and repudiated the popular and ornamental Vienna Secession style. His work not only represented the beginning of Modernism, with its stark, unornamented style, but also revolutionized architecture by introducing the concept of "spatial plan" architecture, which allowed for economizing space by designating room sizes and heights based on their purposes. Loos also published numerous essays during his lifetime, the most notable of which is the oft-misunderstood "Ornament and Crime."
Meet modernist trailblazer Josef Hoffmann, a pivotal character in European
aesthetics who pioneered the Viennese Secession and the Wiener Werkstatte. The
Austrian mastermind introduced a brave, new minimalism that continues to
inspire architecture and design to this day, from monochrome interior schemes
to the cutlery on our table.
The title of the book sets the two fields of activity pursued by the architect, architectural historian and theorist August Sarnitz – building and writing – in a reciprocal relation: the context to what has been built emerges in the process of writing, just as the context to what has been written emerges in the process of building. The structure of the book follows precisely this reciprocity: an essay about architectural history and Big Data is followed by three on the topics of urban development, social housing, and the fiction of space. A number of influential Viennese architects appear as well: Frank, Kiesler, Hollein and Prix. The topics of housing, design and furniture are all illustrated with Sarnitz’s own projects; the end of the book is dedicated to architectural photography, which is especially important to Sarnitz in his capacity as publicist. The richly illustrated book is the first to document Sarnitz’s work as author, designer, exhibition designer, architect and photographer.