| | Welcome Vila Volman - Jewel of Czech Functionalism! | Factory owner Josef Volman commissioned young avant-garde architects Karel Janů and Jiří Štursa to design this impressive villa in the romantic Elbe River landscape of Čelákovice, 20km east of Prague, in the late 1930s. The villa is a perfect example of a modern house of the interwar period, blending the best of Czech functionalism with the ideas of Le Corbusier, who inspired the architects.
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| | Villa Tugendhat - Inside Iconic Houses Tour 27 October | Join Iveta Černá, Director of Villa Tugendhat, for an exclusive tour of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s masterpiece in Brno, now a Unesco World Heritage listed site. The villa was designed for Greta and Fritz Tugendhat in 1928 and 1929 and completed in 1930. It remains a unique work of art in terms of its construction, layout, interior furnishings, technical support and integration in nature.
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| | Movie Night 24 November in Museum Het Schip (Amsterdam): Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House | How did progressive architecture develop in the Netherlands over the past 100 years, and how did it impact the average Dutch home? This film spotlights the strongest examples of innovative, avant-garde residential Dutch architecture. Featuring 20 iconic houses, it also includes famous examples of social housing, an area in which the Netherlands is particularly rich.
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| | Save the Date ! 22 May-27 May - 7th Int. IH-Conference | | Icons of Czech Avantgarde: Authenticity & Style Diversity. We're finalizing the program of our 7th International Iconic Houses Conference, organised in cooperation with Villa Müller in Prague, Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Adolf Loos Pilsen and the Plečnik House in Ljubljana and all of our member museums in Czech Republic. We look forward to 18 talks and 20 house tours in the Czech Republic and on a Post-Conference field trip to Vienna and Ljubljana. Early Bird registration opens 1 November! |
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| | Iconic Houses in The Netherlands - Pierre Cuypers: Grand Master of Neo-Gothic Architecture | On a tour of the most iconic houses in the Netherlands, we take you to the home of architect Pierre Cuypers, the most important representative of neo-Gothic architecture in the nineteenth century. His home in Roermond was renamed the Cuypershuis in 2011. The museum houses masterpieces originating from Pierre Cuypers as well as objects made or used in his workshops.
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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. Like many non-profits, the Iconic Houses Foundation is in a precarious position due to Covid. 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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