Architecture

Josef Maria Hoffmann

1870 Born on December 16th, in Prinitz, Moravia

1879 Takes up a career in law

1892 Enrolles at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna

1895 Receives his diploma and wins prix de Rome

1912 Designes residential village of Kaasgraben

1915-18 Great activity in the area of interior design

1930 Hoffmann is elected vice-president of the Austrian section of the Werkbund

1934 Hoffmann designes and constructes the Austrian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale

1956 Hoffmann dies on May 15th