| | Welcome Eero Saarinen's Miller House and Garden! | Commissioned by industrialist and philanthropist J. Irwin Miller and his wife and completed in 1957, Miller House epitomizes the international modernist aesthetic with an open and flowing layout, flat roof and stone and glass walls. The Miller House and Garden are an integrated home and landscape, enveloped in a compelling composition of forms and spaces.
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| | Screening: Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House | Join us on Sunday 10 September in the unique Wall House #2, Groningen, the Netherlands, for a screening of our film Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House. Wall House #2 was designed by John Hejduk in 1973 and built after his death in 2001. Seats are limited, so save your spot! Admission: €7.50 (includes a drink). Discount for donors. Film duration: 60 minutes. Dutch spoken (English subtitles).
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| | Watch 18 Iconic Shorts on Vimeo | Good news if you were unable to join the Icons of Czech Avantgarde conference in Prague: you can now watch 18 Iconic Shorts in the comfort of your own home! These short presentations of max. 7 minutes all feature experts (directors, curators and restoration architects) who introduce the iconic homes that we visited in Prague, Kladno, Čelákovice, Pilsen, Brno and Vienna.
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| | See Conference and House Tour Photos on SmugMug | Our photographer Els Zweerink meticulously documented the conference. See her photos of the almost 50 different conference programme items by clicking on the SmugMug link below. View the houses we toured with all their details, and check out the numerous receptions we enjoyed in so many exclusive locations!
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| | CALL TO ACTION: Help Save Marcel Breuer's House! | The Cape Cod Modern House Trust has limited time to acquire and restore Marcel Breuer's Wellfleet, the most significant modernist house on Cape Cod. Wellfleet is in disrepair but is entirely original and still contacts the art, furniture, books and photographs collected by Breuer, who was one of the 20th century’s most important designers and architects. The collection will be archived and made available to scholars and the public.
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| | Icon for Sale - Casa Legorreta | Architecture fans know that owning a Legorreta home is like owning a Frank Lloyd Wright or Mies van der Rohe - a rare privilege. Located in the UNESCO World Heritage village of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Casa Legorreta (2005) was designed by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, the first Latin AIA Gold Medal winner. It is on the market for the first time ever.
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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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