On June 16 and 17, the “Adolf Loos Symposium 2021: Preserving – Supplementing – Renewing” will take place as a free online event. The lectures and discussions at this symposium will focus on buildings and interiors by Adolf Loos on the basis of restorations, which are intended to provide a basis for comparisons of the different approaches and for the exchange of knowledge about restoration experience and provide space for international exchange
such as the Villa Müller in Prague. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Hpschaefer
The Austrian architect Adolf Loos was mainly involved in the construction of private villas, such as the Villa Müller in Prague. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Hpschaefer
Program
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
09.00 Opening by the President of the Federal Monuments Office Christoph Bazil
Moderation: Paul Mahringer
09.30 Maria Szadkowska – The restoration and reconstruction of the Müller Villa in Prague
10.15 a.m. Michal Brummel – Renovation of the Brummel House by Adolf Loos in Pilsen
11.00 a.m. Jana Kořínková and Dagmar Černoušková – Past, present and future of Adolf Loos’s projects commissioned by the Hrušovany sugar refinery in Moravia
12.00 p.m. Eva Ottillinger – Loos and furnishing
12.45 p.m. Stefan Voglhofer – Loos inventory – preservation through restoration and reconstruction in the Roy apartment
18.30 Keynote Burkhardt Rukschcio – Restoring Loos in snapshots
20.00 hrs End
Thursday, June 17, 2021
09.00 Welcome by the Deputy State Conservator for Vienna at the Federal Monuments Office Wolfgang Salcher
Moderation: Timo Riess
09.30 Hermann Czech – Questions of authenticity of the Loos Bar
10.15 a.m. Sylvia Mattl-Wurm – The Boskovits I and II apartments – securing evidence
11.00 a.m. Ralf Bock – Renovation and reconstruction of the Emil Löwenbach apartment
12.00 p.m. Wolfgang Salcher – Adolf Loos and the antithesis to the superblocks
12.45 p.m. Oliver Schreiber – LOOSlassen. Dealing with the architectural legacy of Adolf Loos
13.30 hrs End of the event
You can take part in the event under the following link:
https://steinerlive.stream/bundesdenkmalamt
The lectures will be held in German and English.