Josef Hoffmanns Most Important Work : The Stoclet Palace And Its Outstanding Beauty. A Legendary Building .
Josef Hoffman was an Austrian architect, interior designer and applied artist, who played a great position in the history of the design. He also had an important contribution to what is called elegance , style and class.
During his lifetime , Josef Hoffmann intended to direct the design and architecture into a direction , that was characterized as basical lines, geometrical design and tasteful combination of materials , design and form. He exercised these concepts not only in theory, but also in practice . One of Hoffmanns major works is related to the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, where together with Klimt and the Wiener Werkstätte artists he had the job of designing the whole palace . It is also considered Hoffmanns masterpiece.
The Stoclet Palace, the property of Adolphe Stoclet, its still occupied; therefore its not open to visitors. But the photos that illustrates us the interior of the palace gives us a general idea of the style of it. And this first impression is leading us to modernism, due to the simple and elegant lines and concepts of design. But there are also other elements of the house that recalls other styles and current of the history of design. The combination of simple, geometrical elements and richly adorned decorative crafts result a wonderful mansion and this should always be a landmark to the development of design.
The most important and outstanding aspect about the mansion that should be mentioned is the stunning dining room, due to its significance in a family, but also thanks to its interesting decoration. The designers choose black and white rare marble, wood and gold-embossed leather furniture, enriched by silver table decor and silverware designed by Hoffmann. The special touch of this room is due to Klimt creation, the mosaic, that is made of gold, white and multicolor-tiles, all these revealing a spiral motifs of tree and the two famous embracing figures, a wonderful expression.
Hopefully one day this stunning mansion will be museum for the public, to taste the style and elegance. Also, we can be inspired seeing this mansion , which is not outstanding only by the appearance , but it also has symbolical message through its design!
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