Adolf Loos part two

Maison Tzara, Paris

A talk by Philip Boyle

Tuesday 28th February, 2023

At The Gallery EC1, and live streamed

Following his talk in January which looked at the early part of Loos’ career in Vienna, in this second talk Philip Boyle will look at the later years of Loos’ career, after his move to Paris. The talk will focus on Loos’ later villas: The Maison Tzara, the unbuilt house for Josephine Baker, the Moller house, the Muller house and the Werkbund, Semi detached house.

Loos died in 1933, but his protoges Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra would take his ideas the the United States and develop them with their work there.

Maison Tzara

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.”

Doors open for the live event at 1830 where guests are invited to join us for a glass of wine and some cheese. Afterwards we will move to a local pub to continue the discussion.

The online event and the live talk will start at 1900.