(b Pirnitz, Moravia [now Brtnice, Czech Republic], 15 Dec 1870; d Vienna, 15 May 1956). Austrian architect, designer and draughtsman. He had a natural gift for creating beautiful forms, and he proceeded to make the most of it during a career that spanned more than 50 years. In this half century the conditions and nature of architectural practice changed profoundly, but Hoffmann’s fundamental approach remained the same. He relied on his intuition to produce works that were unmistakably his own in their formal and compositional treatment, yet mirrored all stylistic changes in the European architectural scene.

• Hoffmann, Josef (Franz Maria)
  • Art Nouveau, §6: Austria
  • Austria, §II, 5: Architecture, after c 1890
  • Austria, §XI, 2: Textiles, 1800 and after
  • Competition, §I, 4: Architecture, after 1900
  • England, §X, 1: Jewellery
  • France, §II, 5(i): Architecture, after c 1914: Purism, Cubism and the Modern Movement
  • Gmunden
  • Industrial design, §2(ii): c 1850–1915: The Arts and Crafts Movement
  • Lötz Witwe
  • Periodical, §III, 5(i): Austria
  • Vienna, §III, 4: Art life and organization, 1897 and after
  • architecture
    • Czech Republic, §II, 3: Architecture, 1780s and after
    • Gesamtkunstwerk
    • Klinger, Max, §2: Sculpture and later paintings
    • Secession, §3: Vienna
    • houses
      • Belgium, §II, 5: Architecture, after c 1890
      • Belgium, §V, 3: Interior decoration, after 1800
      • Klimt, Gustav, §1: Life and work
      • Moll, Carl
    • pavilions (buildings)
      • Behrens, Peter, §3: Later designs and teaching
    • restorations
      • Olomouc, §1: History and urban development
    • sanatoria
      • Vienna, §II, 3: Urban development, c 1800–1918
  • assistants
    • Baudisch, Gudrun
    • Guévrékian, Gabriel
  • ceramics
    • Austria, §VII, 1: Pottery
    • Austria, §VII, 2: Porcelain
    • Vienna, §IV, 3: Centre of porcelain production
  • collaboration
    • Austria, §V, 4: Interior decoration, after 1897
    • Hanak, Anton
    • Löffler, Bertold
    • Moser, Kolo
    • Salzburg, §2(ii): Art life and organization, after c 1600
    • Vienna, §II, 4: Urban development, after 1918
  • exhibitions
    • International exhibition
  • furniture
    • Austria, §VI, 4: Furniture, after 1897
    • Bed, §2: 1600 and after
    • Belgium, §VI, 3(ii): Furniture, after 1800: Art Nouveau and subsequent developments
    • Chair, §3: After c 1450
    • Design, §2: 20th century
    • Kohn, J. & J.
    • Vienna, §IV, 1: Centre of furniture production
  • glass
    • Austria, §VIII: Glass
    • Czech Republic, §VII, 3: Glass, after c 1900
    • Lobmeyr, J. & L.
    • Ornament and pattern, §II, 9: Western: 20th century
  • groups and movements
    • Art Nouveau
      • Art Nouveau, §1: Introduction
    • Deutscher Werkbund
      • Modern Movement, §2: Deutscher Werkbund and the aesthetics of Functionalism, c 1907–16
    • Modern Movement
      • Modern Movement, §1: Origins, 1860–c 1907
    • Secession (Vienna)
      • Austria, §I: Introduction
      • Wagner, Otto, §2: 1894 and after
    • Siebenerklub
      • Bauer, Leopold
      • Siebenerklub
    • Wiener Werkstätte
      • Arts and Crafts Movement, §3: Europe
      • Vienna, §IV, 2: Centre of metalwork production
      • Wiener Werkstätte
  • interior decoration
    • Kurzweil, Max
  • jewellery
    • Jewellery, §6: After 1900
  • patrons and collectors
    • Stoclet, Adolphe
    • Wagner, Richard
  • pupils
    • Fellerer, Max
    • Netherlands, the, §IX, 1(iv): Gold and silver, after 1900
    • Prutscher, Otto
  • silver
    • Austria, §IX, 1(i)(ii): Gold and silver, 1700 and after
  • staff
    • Haerdtl, Oswald