| | Welcome Walter Rózsi Villa in Budapest! | The former home of opera singer Walter Rózsi, designed by József Fischer and Eszter Pécsi, is a unique monument in Budapest, and the only modernist villa in Hungary open to the public. It is also the first Iconic Houses member museum in Hungary! The villa is the first permanent exhibition space of the Hungarian Museum of Architecture.
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| | New museum: Cases Barates Bon Pastor in Barcelona! | The houses in Carrer de Barnola in Barcelona illustrate the evolution of the Bon Pastor neighbourhood between 1929, when it was built by the Municipal Housing Board, and 2016, when the homes gave way to new blocks of social housing. The restoration of the houses allows us to trace the history of the domestic interiors of the city’s working classes in all their diversity.
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| | SPECIAL – Iconic Collective Housing | Iconic Houses isn’t just about 20th-century villas as ideal homes for individual clients. It’s also about the experiments of avant-garde architects in designing idealistic collective housing for the masses. A growing number of museums in such estates function as historical ‘show homes’ – time capsules, showing how factory or middle-class workers lived in the 20th century.
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| | Iconic Houses interviewed on US Modernist Radio | During Modernist Week in Palm Springs, the Iconic Houses Network's Natascha Drabbe was interviewed on US Modernist Radio and gave a lecture at the Annenberg Theatre on 10 Years of Iconic Houses. The extraordinary programme was also a chance to meet many like-minded architecture and design enthusiasts. Stay tuned for posts on the houses that she visited!
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| | Interview in leading Catalan newspaper ARA | Recognition as a heritage site has not yet saved iconic Catalan house La Ricarda. Noise pollution from El Prat airport made it unusable, and the future airport expansion could destroy it entirely. In this interview, Iconic Houses' Natascha Drabbe suggests the City of Barcelona buy the house and have it managed as a satellite museum by Disseny Hub Barcelona, which also runs Casa Bloc Museum Apartment.
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| | Spend the night at Villa Volman! | Immerse yourself in the unique atmosphere and enjoy the way the light plays in the villa during the day, evening and night. A stay at Villa Volman will allow you to spend special moments in a uniquely furnished interior with restored furniture by the likes of Czech functionalists Jindrich Halabala and Robert Slezak. The strip windows and terraces of the villa offer beautiful views of the surrounding countryside and adjacent park.
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| | Famous Bauhaus Villa For Sale - Haus Lewin in Berlin | The Lewin House was designed in 1929 by the German architect Peter Behrens in the elegant district of Berlin-Schlachtensee. From 1934, the villa was the home of the famous actor and artistic director Frits Wisten and it has remained in the family ever since. The house retains the original open plan layout, reinterpreted in a contemporary way.
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| | For Sale: Hôtel Winssinger - Art-Nouveau Gem by Horta | Built between 1894 and 1897, the Hôtel Winssinger is one of Victor Horta's most emblematic achievements. A listed building, its striking features include its white and blue stone façade, its refined bay windows, and its beautifully preserved interiors with their woodwork, stained glass and marble mosaics. Formerly the home of the Winssinger family, the house is a testament to Horta's architectural and artistic ingenuity.
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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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