| Join us at our International Conference in 2020 ! | We’re excitedly putting the finishing touches to the programme for next year’s Iconic Houses Conference in Rotterdam – which we’re thrilled to announce will include tours to 23+ unique houses in the Netherlands, France and Belgium! The conference is organized in partnership with and will take place at Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam between 2-5 June. With post-conference tours 6-8 June to masterpieces in Lille, Brussels and Paris. You can see the full programme HERE, from October 1st.
Meanwhile, don't miss our annual Iconic Houses Lecture with Pavel Kuznetsov! Touring six European cities, it takes place in October - see the story below for more information.
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| | Iconic Houses Lecture - The Melnikov House: Saving an Avant-Garde Icon | The 5th edition of our annual Iconic Houses Lecture Tour in Europe takes place from 7-15 October 2019. Pavel Kuznetsov, Director of Moscow's Melnikov House, will tour iconic houses in Oslo, Rotterdam, Dortmund, Cologne, Prague and Brno. His lecture explores new research uncovering the architectural, engineering, and philosophical ideas behind Melnikov’s ambitious plan for an architectural manifesto in 1920s Soviet Russia.
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| | Iconic Houses Conference Final Dates 2-8 June 2020 | The dates are final now, so mark your calendars! We're proud to present our 6th International Conference from 2-8 June 2020 at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Themes are Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House and Saving Icons at Risk (international case studies). Lectures are followed by house tours to many masterpieces and some hidden gems.
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| | Raymond Neutra Reports - Checking Out Dutch Modernists | In connection with his book Cheap and Thin: Neutra and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra's son Raymond gave a sold-out lecture at Museum Het Schip in Amsterdam. The John Adams Institute co-hosted the event. Iconic Houses connected him with the owners of a few private houses designed by Rietveld in the early 1960s and there were remarkable connections between them and the work of his father.
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| | Hôtel Mezzara and the Guimard Museum Project | Le Cercle Guimard, a not-for-profit association, has a project to open a museum dedicated to the architect Hector Guimard in Hôtel Mezzara in Paris. This private mansion is far more obscure than the famous entrances to the Paris Métro for which Guimard is famous. The project includes the restoration of the house and the creation of collections to show that Art Nouveau is the first of the Modern styles and not just a decorative movement.
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| | Danish Moderns - Copenhagen Mini Seminar Report | At a mini-seminar in Copenhagen in May, initiated by Realdania By & Byg, over 40 Iconic Houses members participated in a round-table discussion about developing an annual trip for Friends Circles of our member's house museums and Friends Circle of our own organization. The findings of a trial trip will be disseminated among our members. The link gives an impression of the Modern Danish masterpieces that we toured.
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| | Welcome Museu Chillida Leku! | Founded by Eduardo Chillida himself, Chillida Leku is home to the most comprehensive body of the sculptor's works. Located near San Sebastián, Spain, it comprises a sculpture park and an exhibition space inside a converted traditional Basque country house from the 16th century. The place was purchased in the 1980s by Chillida and his wife Pilar Belzunce, who dedicated the next 15 years to sensitively restoring it.
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| | Follow Us on Instagram! | Iconic Houses is now on Instagram – @iconichouses – bringing you another channel of iconic inspiration! We’re still on the channels you know and love, so be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter and subscribe to our YouTube channel for even more peeks behind the scenes.
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