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"Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included ..." — Adolf Loos

Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art.
Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos Architect • Austrian
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