| | IH City Icons: Amsterdam Housing Highlights, May 2024 | Next year, IH City Icons makes its debut with Amsterdam: Housing Highlights. On Friday 24 to Sunday 26 May, we will explore Amsterdam’s unique residential architecture – from its Golden Age roots in the 17th century, through its modernist social housing heritage, to contemporary housing projects with the wow factor. An introductory talk will put everything in context and tell you what to look out for on the tours.
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| | Exclusive Tour and Film Screening Package | On Sunday 22 October, Museum Dr8888 and Iconic Houses offer an afternoon of culture. A tour of the Kurt Schwitters exhibition in the museum in Drachten is followed by a tour of the Van Doesbug Rinsema House and the Iconic Houses film Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House in the former National Agricultural Winter School (now a private house). Both houses have a colour scheme by Theo van Doesburg. IH donors get a discount.
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| | Winy Wants a World Wonder - Why Icons Matter | Buildings, streets and squares become icons when they achieve something exemplary. Yet the architects who design such icons are often seen as expensive and egocentric 'starchitects'. Winy Maas, founding partner of MVRDV, argues on our website that we need icons now more than ever. Not only do they lift us out of dull, penny-pinching mediocrity, but they also have the potential to make a city much better.
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| | Save the Date: 8th IH Conference 24-31 May 2025 | | Our next conference will be held in Chicago in 2025, with field trips before and after to Taliesin (WI) and and Fallingwater (PA). After conferences on the West Coast (Los Angeles 2016) and East Coast (New Canaan(2018), we delve into the origins of modern architecture in the Midwest. The conference focus is largely on Frank Lloyd Wright (11 works included) and Mies van der Rohe (5 works), but also includes the work of many others. |
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| | Icon for Sale - Haus Horner by Adolf Loos | This villa was designed by Adolf Loos in 1912-13 for Helene Horner. Located in a beautiful, quiet and green neighbourhood in Vienna, it has views over historic villas and a garden of some 900 m². The location is perfect due to the proximity to the Rote Berg with its meadows, playgrounds and beautiful views of Vienna. We hope the house finds the right owner with the right knowledge and capabilities to return it to its former glory.
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| | Neutra Owners Network | The Neutra Owners Network is a supportive worldwide community of owners and stewards of buildings designed by Richard & Dion Neutra. The network serves as a private forum for sharing information, experiences and solutions for preserving the intrinsic qualities of Richard Neutra's vital built work.
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| | Icon Saved! Casa del Puente Restored | We are delighted to announce that Casa del Puente in Mar del Plata, Argentina, is no longer in danger! Over the past two years, the Argentine Ministry of Public Works has comprehensively restored this national monument. The restoration team, led by architect Mariana Quiroga from Buenos Aires, has now won the 2023 Gubbio Prize in recognition of this work. Congratulations to them and to all who have fought to save this extraordinary house!
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