The Austrian architect and theorist Adolf Loos was one of the most influential European figures in the formation of the modernist movement.
His writing had a major impact on the development of 20th century architecture, through his controversial essays that elaborated on his own architectural style by removing ornament and thus a range of social ills.
Loos' influence is reflected in the structures and designs of later modernists, including Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.