Dibujo versus arquitectura moderna: el dibujo en el debate sobre el ornamento en Viena

Adolf Loos and Josef Hoffmann represent the two opposing positions in the debate that occurred at the change of the century in Vienna on the subject of ornamentation. Regardless of the critical assessment that has been made of their respective figures, what are of interest are the arguments used in their controversies, because they coincide to a certain extent with some of the issues that have still not been solved by modern architecture. In this sense, their ideas on the role reserved for drawing in architectural design are by no means tangential. Drawing was the instrument used by Hoffmann and the secessionist artists in their desire to reduce the differences between arts and crafts.