Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos
Meeting and talk by Philip Boyle
Tuesday 17th January, 2023
At The Gallery EC1, and live streamed
This talk will explore the significance of Adolf Loos (1870-1933), as both a theorist and maker of architecture.
Philip Boyle will argue that Loos’ work in Europe from the end of the 19th century changed the scope of what ‘modern architecture’ could be for most of the important of 20th century architects who followed him.
“If architecture is important it should be possible to engage with it - (it can just be functional, and that is just fine). But if you engage with it, then it becomes both modern and art.”