| Inside Iconic Houses: Watch the Video Tours! | New Webshop Launch: Recordings of the first live-streamed house tours from our new Inside Iconic Houses series are now available to watch through our webshop for a small contribution. Meanwhile, if you're a member or donor you can watch the tour recordings for free on our dedicated supporters-only webpage. Enjoy!
Note: Plan any physical house museum visits well in advance, as they can have irregular visiting times and coronavirus guidelines often require online reservation.
|
|
|
| | Welcome Van Buuren Museum & Gardens in Brussels! | Built in 1928, the house of banker and arts patron David van Buuren has a typical Amsterdam School exterior. The Art Deco interior is a unique ensemble of rare furniture, carpets, stained glass, sculptures and paintings dating from the 16th to the 20th century. The gardens, designed at the end of the 1920s by Jules Buyssens and in the 1960s by René Pechère, are a tour de force of landscaping in themselves.
|
|
|
| | July is Iconic Houses Month in The Netherlands | This July, Iconic Houses Month launches in The Netherlands. Ten modern house museums and private dream homes that are affiliated with Iconic Houses join forces to offer a 50% discount on Sundays to Iconic Houses passe-partout holders. If you would normally have spent €120 on entrance fees, you'll now pay €60 plus €12.50 per person for a passe-partout - a saving of almost €50. Passe-partouts are available from our WEBSHOP.
|
|
|
| | Fallingwater: Video House Tour | Join our host Justin Gunther, Director of Fallingwater, as he shows us the dog scratches on the leg of a kitchen chair and explains how it was decided not to restore it in order to show the traces of the life that was lived at Fallingwater. This is North America's most famous modern house, deservedly inscribed on Unesco's World Heritage List.
|
|
|
| | Maison Louis Carré: Video Tour | Director Asdis Olafsdottir shows us this stunning and still intact house that Alvar Aalto designed for art dealer Louis Carré near Paris - complete with not-to-be-missed sauna, and lots of space to welcome potential buyers and show them art. We zoom in on the details of the Elissa and Alvar Aalto-designed furniture, door handles, lamps and carpets.
|
|
|
| | The Gamble House: Video Tour | You're invited to be our special guest as Ted Bosley, Director of the Gamble House Conservancy, gives a behind-the-scenes tour of this Arts and Crafts masterpiece. Come with us as he opens locked doors, reveals what's behind hidden panels and shines a light in some famously dark corners.
|
|
|
| | La Pedrera: Video House Tour | Marga Viza (Director of Culture) and Silvia Vilarroya (Curator) take us on an exclusive behind-the-velvet-ropes tour. Discover how La Pedrera, also known as Casa Milà, should have been named after the departed first husband of Ms Milà, and enjoy the virtual experience of standing on the balconies that are normally off limits to visitors.
|
|
|
| | How a Building Tells a Story | The Liebling House in Tel Aviv invited three Iconic Houses members to present their ideas on how to tell the story of a building and bring its spirit to life. Hilary Lewis (The Glass House, USA) and Asdis Olafsdottir (Maison Louis Carré, France) join Natascha Drabbe, founder of the Iconic Houses network and owner of the Van Schijndel House (The Netherlands) for a trio of inspiring presentations.
|
|
|
| | Adopt an Icon at Risk - PLEASE DONATE | Thanks to your donations, we can add new listings to our Icons at Risk Watch List. Worldwide, we have researched 30 houses and need your help to publish them. The Iconic Houses Foundation, like many non-profits, is in a precarious position due to Covid-19. Please donate to help us continue putting these houses in the spotlight to (hopefully) save them from demolition.
|
|
|
.jpg?v=20210525213151)
