| | Welcome Maison Cazenave by Hans Demarmels! | Maison Cazenave (1967) overlooks the softly sloping hills of Nouvelle Aquitaine in France, with a view of the Pyrenees mountains. Built by Swiss architect Hans Demarmels (1931-2010) for the Cazenave family, the house seamlessly connects indoor and outdoor living. It was designed around a huge open fireplace including various custom-made built-in seating areas.
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| | Inside Iconic Houses - 28 April: Tour of Maison Cazenave | The private owners of Maison Cazenave gave our board members a tour to get to know the architecture of this hidden gem. We recorded the tour and now we can share it with you! The restoration work is still in full swing, which makes it all the more special to see this unique house before the official tours start. In this house, light becomes the fourth dimension of architecture. Experience it yourself!
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| | Vizcaya Museum & Gardens Tour On Demand in Webshop | Join us for an online trip to Miami Bay, and the splendid Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, built between 1914 and 1922 in Italianate style. We visit the extraordinary villa, whose architects were F. Burrall Hoffman and Paul Chalfin, and the lush subtropical gardens, for which Diego Suarez was the landscape architect.
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| | Goodbye Nakagin Capsule Tower | The demolition of Tokyo's Nakagin Capsule Tower is now a sad fact. This iconic Japanese housing block designed by Kisho Kurokawa in the early 1970s is being demolished due to the decay of its concrete and steel structure. Its interiors are in the process of being emptied out in preparation for asbestos removal, after which the building will be completely disassembled.
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| | Adopt an Icon at Risk - PLEASE DONATE! | Thanks to your donations, we can add new houses to our Icons at Risk Watch List. As well as the 42 icons already listed, we have 30 more houses on our radar worldwide that need research in order to be published. And we need your support for that. Please donate to help us continue putting these houses in the spotlight to try to save them from demolition.
Your support means so much to us: thank you!
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