| Iconic Reads – Find the Perfect Gift, or Treat Yourself! | It's that time of the year again. So if you're in search of gift-giving inspiration, look no further than our new Iconic Reads section. Here you'll find everything you've always wanted to know about our member icons, in the form of the best books you can buy about the houses and house museums in our unique network. Our handy selection of books on the historic homes and their makers will point you in the right direction to find the perfect gift for the architecture buff in your life – or why not treat yourself?
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| | Welcome Villa Stiassni in Brno! | Designed by Brno architect Ernst Wiesner, Villa Stiassni was built between 1927 and 1929 for Jewish textile manufacturer Alfred Stiassni. The Stiassni family lived in the villa for just nine years, fleeing in 1938 before the imminent Nazi occupation. Together with Villa Tugendhat and Jurkovic House, Villas Stiassni is our third member house in Brno and tenth in the Czech Republic, including the Plzen and Prague house museums.
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| | Rietveld Homes in Reeuwijk: A Reprieve? | Dutch national monument organization the Cuypers Society says that the intended demolition of 46 (of a total of 52) Rietveld homes in Reeuwijk must be stopped. Reeuwijk Housing Association planned to spare only one residential block of eight homes. The Cuypers Society is calling on the municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk and the owner to restore all of the homes instead. Follow the link to watch a unique short video from the family's archive, where Rietveld visits the project circa 1959.
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| | Icons at Risk: Van der Driesche House and Gili House | Antoni Ribas, art and architecture correspondent for ARA newspaper (Barcelona), raises the alarm about two important houses on Ibiza in imminent danger. The Van der Driesche House (1969-1973) and Gili House (1987) were both designed by José Antonio Martínez Lapeña and Elías Torre. Read the ARA article on our website, and stay tuned for updates. Follow the link to watch a drone video of the current state of Van der Driesche House and to read the ARA article on our website. And stay tuned for updates.
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| | New book: Gerrit Rietveld – Wealth of Sobriety | A new book from Dutch photographer Arjan Bronkhorst examines architect Gerrit Rietveld's relationship with his clients. How did they influence his designs, and how do people live in Rietveld's houses today? Over 500 pages and nearly 400 photos showcase some 20 Rietveld houses and their interiors, supported by texts by Willemijn Zwikstra and Marc van den Eerenbeemt.
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| | More to Explore – The Rietveld Schröder House | The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht is one of our favourite house museums. Now we explore this compact family home, a manifesto of the De Stijl movement by Gerrit Rietveld, in our 'Explore More' section – micro-websites within our main
site. We host more than 20 Specials – find
them in the carousel at the bottom of our homepage. And you can
recognize them in the directory by the +plus sign.
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