Josef Franz Dex was an Austrian architect, interior designer, furniture designer and painter. He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Linz before completing his architectural studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Peter Behrens between 1923 and 1926.
In 1929–1932, Dex designed a semi-detached house (Houses 65 and 66) for the Wiener Werkbundsiedlung, located at Jagdschlossgasse 76–78 in Vienna. His contribution also included interior design, notably a kitchen documented in the architectural press in 1932.
After working with architects Mauriz Balzarek and Julius Schulte, Dex established himself as an independent designer. He emigrated to New York in 1940 or 1941, where he continued working as an interior designer. He died there on 31 July 1945.
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