Why This Architect Designed Everything With Squares

Описание: At the beginning of the twentieth century, Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann became known as the “Square Hoffmann” for his devotion to geometric form.

From furniture and objects to villas and the famous Purkersdorf Sanatorium, Hoffmann explored how simple cubic proportions could structure an entire environment.

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Sources:

Books:
• Sarnitz, August. Josef Hoffmann, 1870–1956: In the Realm of Beauty. Taschen, 2007.

• Thun-Hohenstein, Christoph; Boeckl, Matthias; Franz, Rainald; Witt-Dörring, Christian (eds.). Josef Hoffmann, 1870–1956: Progress Through Beauty – The Guide to His Oeuvre. MAK / Birkhäuser, 2021.

• Longhauser, Elsa. Josef Hoffmann: Drawings and Objects from Conception to Design. Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, 1991.

• Terraroli, Valerio. Ver Sacrum: The Vienna Secession Art Magazine, 1898–1903. Skira, 2018.

Articles:
• Josef Hoffmann and Adolph Loos — Architectural Digest
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/s...

• Poster for the 8th Exhibition of the Vienna Secession — Leopold Museum
https://onlinecollection.leopoldmuseu...


Josef Hoffmann Designs
• Pedestal, 1899
https://secessions.com/josef-hoffmann...

• Pilar Cabinet, Paris World Exposition dining room installation, 1900
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• Salon Cabinet, 1900
https://www.beletage.com/en/?view=art...

• Metal Table Set, c.1905
https://betonbrut.co.uk/josef-hoffman...

• Flöge Fashion House Cabinet, 1904
https://secessions.com/josef-hoffmann...

• Tableware, 1904
https://www.christies.com.cn/en/lot/l...

• Desk and Chair, 1905
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/josef-h...


Hohe Warte Artist Villas
• Mahler Foundation – Hugo Henneberg House
https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/l...
• Klimt Database – Artists’ Colony on Hohe Warte
https://www.klimt-database.com/en/net...


Purkersdorf Sanatorium (1904–1905)
Official site
• https://hoffmannpark.at/unser-haus/#p...

Articles:
• https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/build...
• https://vielfaltdermoderne.de/en/sana...
• https://josephgardella.com/2024/03/07...

Historical photographs:
• https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper...

Furniture:
•https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2016/10/...
•https://thesomersethouse.com/products...


Stoclet Palace (1905–1911)
• https://twicemodern.wordpress.com/201...
•https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Mackintosh's Ingram Street Tea Rooms
• https://gsamackintoshresearch.wordpre...
• https://architecture-history.org/arch...
• https://www.mackintosh-architecture.g...