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Josef Hoffmann |
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Josef Hoffmann studied architecture at the University of Vienna with the famous architect Otto Wagner. After completing his studies he spent some time in Italy. The Italian country house, cubic, whitewashed, with windows carved irregularly out of the walls inspired his first architectural works. Like many of his contemporaries, Hoffman wanted to create a complete work of art: "I believe that a house has to be made from one piece and that its exterior should reveal its interior. His highest commitment was to the "permanent quest for better materials and the effort for an ever more perfect representation". His style was characterized by simplicity, integrity and precision. His designs were characterized by clear forms and geometric ornaments.
Among other things, he constructed houses for Kolo Moser, the Adolph Stocklet Bank (the famous Stocklet Palais in Brussels). The private residence of the writer Beer-Hoffmann in Vienna and that of the painter Ferdinand Hodler in Geneva. For almost all these houses, as well as for the Purkersdorf sanatorium, he created the entire interior decoration including all fittings and furniture. The long list of buildings that were constructed under his direction includes Austria's pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the pavilion for the World's Fair in Rome, the Graben Cafe in Vienna and a series of funerary monuments. |
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