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The American Bar by Adolf Loos, Vienna, Austria 1907

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The American Bar by Adolf Loos, inaugurated in Vienna in 1908, is a small watering hole, for ages frequented by the cultural intelligentsia of the city. Although reduced in space, it contains numerous architectural features, later developed by Loos in his oeuvre, establishing many tropes of modern architecture: the careful control of affects, the use of raw materials, the incorporation of advanced technical features. The text analyzes the numerous analogies and references that can be identified in this project within the canons of western architecture
Title: The American Bar by Adolf Loos, Vienna, Austria 1907
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The American Bar by Adolf Loos, inaugurated in Vienna in 1908, is a small watering hole, for ages frequented by the cultural intelligentsia of the city.
Although reduced in space, it contains numerous architectural features, later developed by Loos in his oeuvre, establishing many tropes of modern architecture: the careful control of affects, the use of raw materials, the incorporation of advanced technical features.
The text analyzes the numerous analogies and references that can be identified in this project within the canons of western architecture.

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