Das Looshaus
Am Michaelerplatz in Wien
"The Looshaus is a commercial and residential building at Michaelerplatz 3 [...] in Vienna. Designed by Adolf Loos and completed in 1912, it is considered a major building of Viennese Modernism.
[...] The modernist design of the Looshaus contrasts with both historicism and the floral ornament of Secessionist architecture. [...]
The building was constructed by Pittel+Brausewetter, with Ernst Epstein as construction manager. However, although the city had accepted the plans, in 1910 the unornamented upper storeys caused a scandal; construction was permitted to proceed only after Loos added window boxes with flowers to mitigate what one of many insulting articles in the press called their "inappropriate nakedness", and defended his design in a public meeting. It was finally completed in 1912. Reportedly, Emperor Franz Joseph disliked the Looshaus so much that he ordered the curtains on the windows of the Hofburg facing the square to remain closed."
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Das Looshaus
Am Michaelerplatz in Wien
"The Looshaus is a commercial and residential building at Michaelerplatz 3 [...] in Vienna. Designed by Adolf Loos and completed in 1912, it is considered a major building of Viennese Modernism.
[...] The modernist design of the Looshaus contrasts with both historicism and the floral ornament of Secessionist architecture. [...]
The building was constructed by Pittel+Brausewetter, with Ernst Epstein as construction manager. However, although the city had accepted the plans, in 1910 the unornamented upper storeys caused a scandal; construction was permitted to proceed only after Loos added window boxes with flowers to mitigate what one of many insulting articles in the press called their "inappropriate nakedness", and defended his design in a public meeting. It was finally completed in 1912. Reportedly, Emperor Franz Joseph disliked the Looshaus so much that he ordered the curtains on the windows of the Hofburg facing the square to remain closed."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looshaus
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looshaus