Adolf Loos Quotes

Adolf Loos — Austrian Architect born on December 10, 1870, died on August 08, 1933

Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect and influential European theorist of Modern architecture. His essay Ornament and Crime advocated smooth and clear surfaces in contrast to the lavish decorations of the Fin de siècle and also to the more modern aesthetic principles of the Vienna Secession. Loos became a pioneer of modern architecture and contributed a body of theory and criticism of Modernism in architecture and design... (wikipedia)

Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side.

The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.

Be truthful, nature only sides with truth.