4/7/2024 0 Comments Adolf loos projects![]() ![]() In general, shop entrances are among the shortest-lived constructions in any city because every change of ownership represents a threat to them. Set back from the pavement and with an indirectly lit entrance that attracts strolling passers-by while radically increasing the display surface, Loos created architecture for a shop as is still in use today. In a letter, Richard Stein wrote to his father in 1909: “I have the feeling that your idea to choose him was a very good one, and that he won’t make us anything crazy”. In 1909 Adolf Loos was commissioned by Markus Stein and his son Richard to design the entrance to the premises of the Manz bookshop (completed 1912). The architect did not want any faked showcases ("cast cement nailed on") comprised of painted plaster and industrially produced Neo-Renaissance clichés, he wanted displays with white veined black marble, gilded lettering and mahogany panelling. © Architekturzentrum Wien, Collection, photographs: Margherita Spiluttini Adolf Loos, Manz bookshop, 16 Kohlmarkt, 1010 Vienna, 1912 ![]()
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