POSTALES INVENTADAS: a: Adolf Loos

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2229. Café Museum, Wien

Dear Hans,

"But our best place of education in everything new

remains the coffee house."(Stefan Zweig)

Regards,

2185. Müller Villa, Prague

Dear Maria,

"The house has to serve comfort. The work of art

is revolutionary; the house is conservative."

(Adolf Loos)

Sincerely,

1940. Looshaus, Wien, Austria

Dear Josef,

"Cultural development involves the elimination of
ornaments from useful objects"
(Ornament & Crime, Adolf Loos)

Respectfully,
R

1359. The František Müller House

Dear Milada,

"The house satisfies a requirement. The work of art

is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone. The work of art wants to draw people out

of their state of comfort" (Adolf Loos)

Sincerely,
R

1217. Hotel-Restaurant Pension Alpenhof, Kreuzberg-Payerbach

Querido Juan,

"Lo que vive del tema, muere con él, lo que vive en el lenguaje, vive con el lenguaje" (Karl Kraus)

Un abrazo,
R

968. Wien I Michalerplatz

Dear Claire,

"The essential happens regardless." (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Respectfully,
R

825. Alpenhof Kreuzberg

Querido Luis,

"No temas que te tachen de no ser moderno. Solo

están permitidas aquellas transformaciones en el

modo de construir tradicional que signifiquen

mejoras, de lo contrario conserva los sistemas tradicionales. Pues la verdad, aunque tenga miles

de años, se compenetra mejor con nosotros que
la mentira que camina a nuestro lado"
(Adolf Loos, Reglas para el que construye en las montañas)

Afectuosamente,
R

Dear Alvaro

"An object is beautiful if it is so perfect you could not
add anything or take anything away without spoiling it.
That would be the most perfect, absolute harmony"
(Adolf Loos)

Best regards.
R

196. Looshaus, Wien

Dear Kathryn,

The Goldman & Salatsch Building,
aka the Loos House is famous for
its clean lines and lintel-less windows.
Very controversial building, it was
much criticized when built. Some
comments from Franz Josef, for
instance, described the building as
having "windows without eyebrows".

Sincerely,
R