Editing Adolf Loos (section)

=== Education ===
Loos attended several [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] schools and sought a variety of programs. In 1884, Loos began his studies at the [[Stiftsgymnasium Melk]] for only a few months after failing an exam.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |last=Andrews |first=Brian |year=2010 |title=Ornament and Materiality in the Work of Adolf Loos |url=https://www.acsa-arch.org/files/conferences/annual/2010%20Annual/Section6.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724223335/https://www.acsa-arch.org/files/conferences/annual/2010%20Annual/Section6.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2011 |access-date=9 February 2011 |work=Material Making: The Process of Precedent. p.438 |publisher=Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture}}</ref> He then studied mechanics at the Royal and Imperial State Technical College in [[Liberec]], but dropped to pursue building technology. He then returned to mechanics again at State Crafts School in Brünn in 1889, and changed to architecture by studying at [[Dresden University of Technology]] from 1890 to 1893.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-12-10 |title=Spotlight: Adolf Loos |url=https://www.archdaily.com/576187/spotlight-adolf-loos |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=ArchDaily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">Tournikiotis, Panayotis (2002). ''"Adolf Loos"''. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 9–10. {{isbn|9781568983424}}.</ref><ref>"NGV Vienna Art and Design: Adolf Loos". ''www.ngv.vic.gov.au''. Retrieved 2022-10-04.</ref> Loos ultimately did not receive any academic degree due to his sporadic education pursuits, poor academics, and his enrollment in the Austrian military in 1889.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=s.r.o |first=Via Aurea |title=Adolf Loos {{!}} Architects {{!}} Brno Architecture Manual. A Guide to Brno Architecture |url=https://www.bam.brno.cz/en/architect/57-adolf-loos |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.bam.brno.cz |language=en}}</ref> 

Loos' diverse educational background provided him with a vast skillset which proved to be useful. He could comprehend masonry and craftsman work and its impact on architecture, prompting recognition by many scholars based on his expertise.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maciuika |first=John V. |date=2000 |title=Adolf Loos and the Aphoristic Style: Rhetorical Practice in Early Twentieth-Century Design Criticism |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1511864 |journal=Design Issues |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=75–86 |doi=10.1162/074793600750235804 |jstor=1511864 |s2cid=57559630 |issn=0747-9360}}</ref>