| | Welcome Hill House by Charles Rennie Mackintosh! | The Hill House is Mackintosh's domestic masterpiece. Commissioned by Glasgow book publisher Walter Blackie, the up-and-coming architect and his wife Margaret Mackintosh Macdonald, an established artist and interior designer, worked collaboratively to create almost everything you see at the property, from the building itself to the furniture and textiles.
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| | Welcome Casa Navegna! | Architecture, art and nature lovers seeking a peaceful retreat will fall in love with the spectacular setting of Casa Navegna on the Swiss-Italian border. Built in 1929 by architect Ernst Bechstein, it was the first modernist house in the region. Today, Casa Navegna is considered one of Bechstein's most important projects in the style of Neues Bauen.
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| | Photo Report City Icons Debut in Amsterdam | Browse our photo report and revisit last month's sell-out City Icons debut in Amsterdam. Happy memories if you were there and a taste of a fantastic trip if you weren't! Many thanks to our photographer Els Zweerink for capturing these moments, and a big thank you to all the museums, architects, homeowners and volunteers whose efforts made the weekend such a success!
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| | Icon at Risk - Ataköy Housing Estate in Istanbul | The Ataköy Estate in Bakırköy, Istanbul, designed and built in 1957-64, is internationally recognised as a unique and well-preserved example of modern heritage in Turkey. The whole area is now threatened by profit-driven redevelopment plans under the pretext of earthquake risk. Docomomo Turkey is calling for action with a campaign on change.org.
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| | Reopening an Iconic Modernist Landmark: Brick House | After 15 years, the restoration of Philip Johnson's opaque 1949 Brick House is complete. The project, undertaken by the Glass House, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has restored the house to its original state. The $1.8 million renovation is unveiled in time for the 75th anniversary of the Glass House, to which it is an essential foil.
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| | Edith Farnsworth House Historic Site Celebration | On 11 June, at IIT in Chicago, the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Edith Farnsworth House to the public was celebrated together with the book launch of The Edith Farnsworth House: Architecture, Preservation, Culture, the first comprehensive history of this international landmark. Read a Q&A with Scott Mehaffey, Executive Director of the Edith Farnsworth House, on the website of the National Trust.
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| | Early Corbu Furniture for La Maison Blanche | On the heights of La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland, La Maison Blanche was built by Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, later Le Corbusier, for his parents. The Maison blanche Association is restoring the house to its former glory - a long journey - a step at a time. The latest step is the acquisition of furniture designed by the future Le Corbusier at the time the house was built.
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| | Icon for Sale - Haus Horner by Adolf Loos in Vienna | This villa, designed by Adolf Loos in 1912-13 for Helene Horner, is located in a beautiful, green and peaceful area of Vienna. It overlooks historic villas, has a 900 m² garden and is close to the Roter Berg with its meadows, playgrounds and beautiful views of Vienna. We hope the house finds the right owner with the right knowledge and skills to restore it to its former glory.
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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. 45 houses are already listed, 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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