| "Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House" | Register now with Early Bird Discount for Online Edition of Iconic Houses Conference: the Iconic Houses Online Modules on 20th century developments in housing design in The Netherlands. Click HERE to go to the registration website.
We’ve put together the finishing touches to the online programme for this year’s Iconic Houses Event on five Thursdays in September. The online modules of lectures and videos will bring you insights into Dutch residential architecture of the 20th century.
These are the themes and keynote speakers:
2 September: Health and Hygiene in the Modern Home - Beatriz Colomina
9 September: Palaces for the People - Valentijn Carbo
16 September: A Woman’s Place: Clients, Architects, Promoters - Alice T. Friedman
23 September: Experiments with Space - Anita Blom
30 September: Home as Self-Portrait: Architect's Houses - Gennaro Postiglione
These experts present the themed videos that accompany the lectures:
Curator Hetty Berens of the Sonneveld House will explain how improved hygiene made healthier homes;
Architectural Historian Valentijn Carbo will tell in the Model Home of Museum Het Schip what building for the masses in the 1920s and 50s looked like;
Natalie Dubois, curator of the Rietveld Schröder House informs us about the different roles that women played;
Robert von der Nahmer, owner of the Diagoonwoning unfolds about experiments with space, and
Natascha Drabbe, owner of the Van Schijndel House shines a light on how architects designed their ideal own homes.
We look forward to seeing you in September!
Natascha Drabbe
Executive Director and Founder
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| | Welcome Cuypershuis Museum! | Pierre Cupyers, a prolific architect and designer, is the man behind many of Amsterdam’s most iconic buildings. Amsterdam Centraal Station and the Rijksmuseum are his best-known works. In his former home and workshop in Roermond, where he lived until his death in 1921, you can learn more about his life and work and how he used his house as a showroom of his work.
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| | July is Iconic Houses Month in The Netherlands! | This July, Iconic Houses Month launches in The Netherlands. On Sundays, 10 modern house museums and private dream homes that are affiliated with Iconic Houses, join forces to offer a 50% discount to Iconic Houses passe-partout holders! If you would normally have spent €120,- on entrance tickets, you'll now pay €60,- plus €12.50 per person for a passe-partout and save almost €50,-. Passe-partouts are available via our WEBSHOP.
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| | Horta Museum: Video Tour | If you'd like to hear a conservator's thoughts on how to manage a museum home educationally, historically correct, or restoration technically, then stream this highly informative tour in which curator Benjamin Zurstrassen gives us a look behind the scenes in Victor Horta's former atelier and house. In addition, we also get to see the music room, the iconic stairwell and dining room.
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| | Museum Jachthuis Sint Hubertus: Video Tour | Custodian Hein van Beek, gives us a tour of Berlage's Gesamtkunstwerk. The former residence of the Kröller-Müllers, is one of the most iconic buildings in the Netherlands. The House was designed by the renowned architect H.P. Berlage. Completed in 1920, the couple used it mainly as a country house. Only in their final years did it become their permanent residence.
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| | Browse our Video Lectures | Explore our collection of lectures designed to give you the tools, knowledge and guidance you need to deepen your practice. The design makeover of this section makes it now more attractive to immerse yourself in the subject that we all love so much: inspiring modern houses. We know you will enjoy!
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| | Follow us on Pinterest | Take a look at our newly set up Pinterest, where we created boards with images sorted by theme, giving you lots of new stuff to discover! Check them out by country, by room (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom), or check out iconic details. New material will be added with each new member house that we welcome, so check back regularly for new inspiration!
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| | 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 42 houses by now and we need your help to also publish the houses that are on our radar and need more research. The Iconic Houses Foundation, like many non-profits, is in a precarious position due to Covid. Please donate to help us continue putting these houses in the spotlight to (hopefully) help save them from demolition.
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