| | Join Lectures 22 & 23 May! CONFERENCE TOUR PROGRAM SOLD OUT! | The conference tour program is sold out but Czech architecture enthusiasts who want to immerse themselves two mornings in the topic of the "Icons of Czech Avantgarde" are most welcome to join the two keynote speeches and 18 presentations about the modern house museums in Czechia and meet with international experts at the NTK in Prague 22 and 23 May, 8:30-12:00pm.
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| | Exhibition: Eighteen Iconic Houses Under One Roof | The Prague City Museum's Centre of Modern Architecture Monuments curated the exhibition "Icons of Czech Avantgarde" as to introduce the topic of the upcoming Iconic Houses Conference that brings about a hundred international key-figures in the field of 20th century house museums to Prague to present a curated program of Czech residential gems. The exhibition at the Norbertov Centre maps these very works.
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| | Meet Conference Co-Chair Maria Szadkowska | Conference Co-Chair Maria Szadkowska is chief curator of Villa Müller and Villa Rothmayer and heads the Centre for Monuments of Modern Architecture at the Prague City Museum. She is the organizer of our Prague itinerary.We asked her: What stories do these houses on the Prague tours tell? 'Style diversity – which is one of our conference themes. Prague has the full range of modern styles, from Art Nouveau to Brutalism. It’s a unique mix.'
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| | Meet Conference Co-Chair Iveta Černá | We asked Conference Co-Chair Iveta Černá, Head of Villa Tugendhat and organizer of the Brno program Do you think that interest in Czech modern architecture is growing and if so why? 'Modern architecture in Czechia was and is world-class. There’s a wide typological range that reflects an exceptional role in world affairs between the wars, when the young republic was one of the ten most economically advanced countries in the world.'
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| | 17 June - 'Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House' Film | On Architecture Day, Architecture Centre FASadE in Amersfoort (NL) screens our film at the Rietveld Pavilion, feauturing 20 iconic houses in the Netherlands: from Amsterdam School to postmodernism, from Rietveld to Van Schijndel and many others. Prior to the screening, a special visit is organized to a private house, designed by architect Leo Heijdenrijk. Combination ticket of film and house visit.
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| | Support the Frankfurt Declaration (on Housing) | Knowing that Europe and beyond face enormous challenges in terms of affordable housing, as well as healthy living and quality of living environments, DOCOMOMO presented the Frankfurt Declaration which appeals to the actors in politics, business and society, and in particular cities and municipalities to implement relevant goals, proposals and measures to solve the housing shortage. And what can we learn from the successes of the modernist housing estates like New Frankfurt, Berlin Housing Estates, White City of Tel Aviv) in the 1920s and 1930s and the large estates from the 1950s to the 1970s?
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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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