Adolf Loos argued in 1908 that ‘The evolution of culture is synonymous with the removal of ornament from objects of daily use.’ I agree with his view.
As we know, a great response to urbanization, industrialization and immigration, as it had never quite happened before. However, like he said ‘Ornament is wasted manpower and therefore wasted health. It has always been like this. But today it also means wasted material... ’ He thought as ornament need to be related to our culture, is necessarily always true to its purpose. But during his period it has no potential for development. It is not only remains the art of construction, it should go back to the basics, to construct it well. He repudiated the florid style of the Vienna Secession, the Austrian version of Art Nouveau.
The image I use is The House of Michaeleplatz ("Looshaus") is Loo's most famous building, one of the most modern office buildings in Vienna, the steel concrete construction provides wide structural spans with flexible space use. Because of the lack of ornaments, peole called it the 'house without eyebrows'.
The image receive from: http://alin87111.blog.163.com/blog/static/64524522007429105328238/
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