Institute of Architectural Sciences– Department of Architecture Theory

251.017 Elective seminar

Current issues in architectural theory

2013W, SE, 3.0h, 4.0EC

First meeting: Friday, October 10th, 2013, 9 amSeminar room @ a-theory

Ana-Maria Simionovici

Adolf Loos (1870-1933), official and common-law wives

Lina Loos, ⚭1902-1905

(Loos is 32, Lina 19)

Bessy Bruce, 1905-1914(Loos is 35, Bessy 19-

20)

Elsie Loos, 1919-1926(Loos is 49, Elsie 19)

Claire Loos, 1929-1932(Loos is 59, Claire 24-

25)

Adolf Loos (1870-1933), official and common-law wives

Lina Loos, 1902-1905(Loos is 32, Lina 19)

Bessie Bruce, ⚭ 1905-1914

(Loos is 35, Bessie 19-20)

Elsie Loos, 1919-1926(Loos is 49, Elsie 19)

Claire Loos, 1929-1932(Loos is 59, Claire 24-25)

Adolf Loos (1870-1933), official and common-law wives

Lina Loos, 1902-1905(Loos is 32, Lina 19)

Bessie Bruce, 1905-1914(Loos is 35, Bessie 19-20)

Elsie Loos, ⚭ 1919-1926

(Loos is 49, Elsie 19)

Claire Loos, 1929-1932(Loos is 59, Claire 24-25)

Adolf Loos (1870-1933), official and common-law wives

Lina Loos, 1902-1905(Loos is 32, Lina 19)

Bessie Bruce, 1905-1914(Loos is 35, Bessie 19-20)

Elsie Loos, 1919-1926(Loos is 49, Elsie 19)

Claire Loos, ⚭ 1929-1932

(Loos is 59, Claire 24-25)

Adolf Loos, “My wife’s bedroom”, published 1903

Otto Weininger, Sex and Character, 1903

I know a large number of men who are

psychologically almost completely female .... I even know many women with masculine traits but not one woman who is not fundamentally

female, even when this femininity is hidden by various means not just from others but also

from the person herself. One is either man or woman, however many features of both

sexes one might possess, and this

"Being” (Sein) ... Is determined by one's relationship with ethics and logic.While there are

individuals who are anatomically men but

psychologicallywomen, there is no individual who is

physically a woman but psychologically aman, regardless of external masculine

traits.

Auguste Fickert, Marie Lang, Rosa Mayreder

Adolf Loos, Wiener Frauenclub interior, around1903

Wiener Frauenclub, before Loos’ rennovation

Adolf Loos, Wiener Frauenclub interior, around 1903

Adolf Loos, Wiener Frauenclub Clubfauteuil, after 1900

Adolf Loos, “Die Fauteuils des Frauenclubs”, around 1906

Zwei Wochen nach der Eröffnung ging ich nachsehen, wie die Sache eigentlich

funktioniere.Eine ungeheure

Detonation drang aus dem nächsten Zimmer.

Ein schwerer Fall, ein Aufschrei, ..., Rufe

mach Hilfe, ...Ich betrat den Salon. Dreißig mitfühlende

Clubdamen bemühten sich um die verunglückte Frau von Soundso und betrachteten mich mit feindseligen Blicken. „Du bist der Mörder!“

Es war eben immer dasselbe. Wenn man sich

auf ein solches Mordinstrument

niederließ – natürlich doch nur ganz, ganz

vorne ...

Adolf Loos, “My wife’s bedroom”, published 1903 in Kunst und alles Andere

Adolf Loos, own bedroom, not dated

Adolf Loos, Bedroom for Lina Loos in Sieveringerstraße 107, after 1906

Adolf Loos, “My wife’s bedroom”, published 1903 in Kunst

Course schedule

Institute of Architectural Sciences– Department of Architecture Theory

251.017 Elective seminar

Current issues in architectural theory

2013W, SE, 3.0h, 4.0EC

First meeting: Friday, October 10th, 2013, 9 amSeminar room @ a-theory

Ana-Maria Simionovici