person
Adolf Loos
Loos
also: Adolf Loos
Viennese architect (1870–1933), famous for his polemic 'Ornament and Crime' and his stripped, functional style. He was a close supporter of Trakl in his final years and one of the dedicatees of poems in Sebastian im Traum.
Reading notes
- Sebastian in Dream §8 For Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos (1870–1933), the pioneering Viennese architect and polemicist against ornament; Trakl dedicated the title poem to him, and Loos was among the circle that supported the impoverished poet.