| | Welcome Haus Rietveld in Vienna's Werkbundsiedlung! | Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld designed four terraced houses for the Werkbund housing estate in Vienna. Rietveld, known for the 1924 Schröder House in Utrecht, was one of the few foreign architects invited to contribute to the estate. The house was restored in 2015 by Tillner & Willinger Architects, complete with its original colour scheme, and tours can be arranged.
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| | Last Chance! City Icons: Amsterdam, 24-26 May 2024 | Calling all architecture aficionados: There are still a few places on our first City Icons weekend tour! Join us as we explore Amsterdam’s avant-garde homes from the 20th and 21st centuries, and enjoy a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at exciting privately owned homes not usually open to the public. Inspiration is guaranteed. But hurry: first come, first served!
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| | Festive City Icons Kick-Off at Museum of the Canals | In her talk Coming Home to Amsterdam: A Century of City Planning at our opening event, architectural historian and urban planning expert Linda Vlassenrood introduces Amsterdam's extraordinary 20th-century history of city planning. She will cover the period from Berlage's Plan Zuid (1915) to Van Eesteren's General Expansion Plan (1935) and beyond. She will also focus on Jakoba Mulder who was instrumental in these developments as the first woman to head the city planning office.
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| | Volunteer for City Icons: Get Insider Experience! | We’re recruiting volunteers for the upcoming debut of City Icons in Amsterdam, May 24-26! Volunteers get the exclusive benefit of joining an international group of directors and curators of modern house museums and architecture lovers from all over the world. There are volunteer positions available as House Manager and Bus Docent for Sat. 25 and Sun. 26 May. You can sign-up for one or both days (both days preferred).
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| | Tour + Film Screening in Haus Lange, Krefeld: 24 March | MORE MIES - Two Weeks of Nothing But Architecture kicks off with a tour of Mies' Haus Lange on Sunday 24 March, focusing on the retractable window system as demonstrated by Krefeld architect Klaus Reymann and the museum’s educator Eva Caroline Eick. This will be followed by a screening of our film, Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House and a Q&A with Iconic Houses' founder, Natascha Drabbe.
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| | For Sale: Haus Wittmannby Johannes Spalt in Austria | At the end of the 1950s, the celebrated Austrian architect, trained bricklayer, member of the legendary arbeitsgruppe 4, rector of the University of Applied Arts, historian, exhibition curator and collector Johannes Spalt met furniture manufacturer Franz Wittmann. The result was a mutually beneficial professional collaboration, a friendship that lasted for decades, and a house for Wittmann that is now on the market.
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| | New Icon at Risk: Edificio Holiday in Recife, Brazil | One of Recife’s first skyscrapers, Edificio Holiday (1956) is an architectural and social landmark. The building is a wonderful example of tropical modernism in Brazil. It has 476 apartments spread over 17 floors and, since 1990, has suffered from structural problems and defaults among condominium owners, most of whom are from humble backgrounds.
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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. We have already listed 42 icons, but we have more houses on our radar 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 hopefully save them from demolition. Your support means so much to us: Thank you!
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