Josef HoffmannAutriche, 1870–1956Ontwerptekening voor glazen
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Potlood en inkt op ruitjespapier, gemonogrammeerd JH in potlood aan voorzijde, de achterzijde met werkstempel met datering 9-V-1928. Lichte schade aan randen en hoeken, wat vuil en vergeeld.
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Dans la vie de Josef Hoffmann
La vie entière1899–1936
Employed by: University of Applied Arts Vienna
1920s
Public housing for workers
In the 1920s he becomes particularly interested in building public apartment blocks for working-class residents, to relieve the severe post-war housing shortage; he organises exhibitions of urban-planning projects featuring relatively cheap houses of simple construction.
1926
Commander of the Legion of Honour
He is made a Commander of the Legion of Honour.
1927
On the jury for the League of Nations palace
As a member of the international jury for the competition to design the League of Nations palace in Geneva, he is among the minority who vote for Le Corbusier's project; Le Corbusier always spoke of his Viennese colleague with admiration.
