City Icons: Amsterdam - Don't Miss!

Festive City Icons Kick Off with Talk by Linda Vlassenrood

MORE MIES - Pure Architecture in Haus Lange Haus Esters

An Elementalist and Mediterranean Architecture

Through a Bauhaus Lens: Edith Tudor-Hart and Isokon

Modernism Week Lecture: 10 Years of Iconic Houses

Aluminaire House Grand Opening

Exhibition Icons of the Czech Avant-Garde

Icon for Sale - Loos Villa: Haus Horner

SPECIAL – Iconic Dreams Europe - Sleep in an Iconic House!

SPECIAL – German Greats!

SPECIAL - Vacances en France!

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Winy Wants a World Wonder

Welcome Atelier Volten!

Public Screenings and Private Streaming of Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House

Sleep in a Modernist Gem – Huis Billiet in Bruges

Iconic Houses in The Netherlands - 100 Years Van Zessen House

Exclusive Tour and Film Screening Package

The Last House Designed by Adolf Loos Will Be Built in Prague

Icons of the Czech Avantgarde

Icon for Sale - Casa Legorreta

Rietveld Day: 200 Enthusiasts Explored 3 Utrecht Icons

Hurray! 10 Years Iconic Houses

7th International Iconic Houses Conference A Huge Success

Meet Conference Co-Chair Iveta Černá

Meet Conference Co-Chair Maria Szadkowska

Eighteen Iconic Houses Under One Roof

17 June - 'Pioneers-film' Screening Amersfoort

Iconic Houses in The Netherlands - Van Eesteren House Museum

Welcome Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Zentrum in Vienna!

Welcome Vila Volman! Jewel of Czech Functionalism

Movie Night: Adolf Loos- Revolutionary Among Architects

'Inside Iconic Houses' Case Study House #26 Webcast in Webshop

Inside Iconic Houses at Taut’s Home in Berlin

Rediscovering Forgotten Loos Interiors in Pilsen

'Inside Iconic Houses' - Online Tour Program

Iconic Houses in The Netherlands - The Diagoon House

Iconic Houses in The Netherlands - Rietveld Schröder House

Rietveld Houses Owners Association

Corberó Space: New Life for Hidden Jewel

Iconic Houses in The Netherlands - Pierre Cuypers' House and Workshops

Reeuwijk Celebrates Completion of Restoration Rietveld Homes!

Iconic Houses in The Netherlands - Van Doesburg Rinsema House

Welcome Rietveld's Van Daalen House!

Architect Harry Gessner Passed Away at 97

Watch Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House Now On Demand

Icon Saved: Dorchester Drive House

Welcome Umbrella House!

Iconic Houses in the Netherlands – Berlage’s Masterpiece

Iconic Houses in The Netherlands - Het Schip

Inside Iconic Houses - Tour of Maison Cazenave

Inside Iconic Houses Tours Vizcaya Museum & Gardens in Miami

Casa Masó Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

Inside Iconic Houses tours Roland Reisley's Usonian Frank Lloyd Wright House

Rietveld’s Experimental Housing in Reeuwijk Saved

Serralves Villa after restoration

Portraits of the Architect - Interview with Gennaro Postiglione

Test Labs for New Ideas - Interview with Natascha Drabbe

Inside Iconic Houses - Isokon Building

Inside Iconic Houses - 16 December: Sunnylands with Janice Lyle

BCN-BXL Coderch-De Koninck - Beyond Time

New Chairman Architect Nanne de Ru on The Perfect Platform

Health and Home - Interview with Beatriz Colomina

A Life Less Ordinary – Interview with Valentijn Carbo

Invisible Women - Interview with Alice T. Friedman

Winy Maas on the Green Dip

Anita Blom on Experimental Housing of the 1970s

Women’s Worlds - Interview with Natalie Dubois

The Culture of Living - Interview with Robert von der Nahmer

Hetty Berens: A Fresh Take on Modernism

Niek Smit on Supporting Modern Heritage

Alice Roegholt on Amsterdam’s Working-Class Palaces

July is Iconic Houses Month

Hans van Heeswijk on The Pioneers of the Dutch Modern House

Wessel de Jonge on Dutch Icons at Risk

Save Maison Zilveli - Sign the Petition!

How a Building Tells a Story - Recorded Event

Toolkit for Owners of a Modern House

13 Aalto Sites Nominated for UNESCO World Heritage

Villa Beer At Risk - Sign the Petition!

Business Cards of Stone, Timber and Concrete in the Brussels Region 1830-1970

Exhibiting & Visiting Modernist Monuments

Fostering Well-Researched Responsible Design

ICONS AT RISK

Enjoy a virtual visit to the California House and a Q&A with architect Peter Gluck

Exhibition 'Modernism and Refuge'

A Hidden Gem of Postmodernism

New Centre for Historic Houses of India

An Online Chronicle of the Douglas House

Villa Henny, geometric style icon in The Netherlands

A Mendini temple in Amsterdam

IH-lectures USA & Canada Feb 2020 on Melnikov House

Sponsors and Friends

An Afternoon with the Glucks

Chandler McCoy on Making Modern Houses Sustainable

Catherine Croft: Getting Away from the Demolition Mentality in the UK

Patrick Weber on Discovering an Unknown Icon

Fiona Fisher on Iconic Interiors

Jocelyn Bouraly on Villa Cavrois

Mireia Massagué on finding success through a new kind of partnership

Danish Moderns – Looking Back at Our Mini-Seminar

Venturo house complements Exhibition Centre WeeGee’s offering

Lecture report: Remembering Richard Neutra

Hôtel Mezzara and the Guimard Museum project

We welcome 13 new members!

BREAKING NEWS: 8 Wright Sites Inscribed on Unesco World Heritage List!

LECTURE 29 August - Raymond Neutra: My Father and Frank Lloyd Wright

Iconic Reads

Our Badge of Honour

Iconic Houses End Year Message

City-ordered rebuild of landmark house stirs debate: Appropriate or overreach?

Kohlberg House Restoration in Progress

Planned Demolition of Rietveld Homes in Reeuwijk

Renovation Gili House in Crisis

An Iconic Saga

Restoring Eileen Gray’s Villa E-1027 and Clarifying the Controversies

Modernism on the East Coast

Iconic Houses in Latin America

Conference testimonials

House Tours May 2018 

Expert Meetings

Natascha Drabbe - Iconic Houses: The Next Chapter

Terence Riley -KEYNOTE SPEAKER- on Philip Johnson

New era for Villa E-1027 and Cap Moderne

Hilary Lewis on Philip Johnson and his Glass House

John Arbuckle on Great House Tours

William D. Earls on the Harvard Five in New Canaan

Stover Jenkins on Working for Philip Johnson

Frederick Noyes on his Father’s House

Scott Fellows and Craig Bassam on their Passion for Preservation

Jorge Liernur -KEYNOTE SPEAKER- on Latin American Modernism(s)

Fabio Grementieri on Modernism in Argentina

Catalina Corcuera Cabezut on Casa Luis Barragán

Renato Anelli on Lina Bo Bardi’s Casa de Vidro

Tim McClimon on Corporate Preservation

Amanda Nelson on Building Donor Relationships

John Bacon on Planned Giving

Jean-Paul Warmoes on the Art of Fundraising in America

Chandler McCoy on Why Less is More

Katherine Malone-France on Moving with the Times

Anne Mette Rahbæk on Philanthropic Investments and Preservation

Peter McMahon on Saving Modern Houses on Cape Cod

Toshiko Kinoshita on Japanese Modern Heritage Houses

Roland Reisley on Life in a Frank Lloyd Wright House

5th Iconic Houses Conference May 2018

Kristin Stone, Pasadena Tour Company

Restoring the past: The Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Home Studio

Behind the Scenes: Hendrick de Keyser Association

Crosby Doe, Architecture for Sale

Latin America Special – Focus on Mexico

De Stijl in Drachten

Preserving the Nancarrow House-Studio

Meet the Friends - Nanne de Ru

Latin America Special – Focus on Brazil

Jan de Jong’s House is Latest Hendrick de Keyser Acquisition

Stay in a Belgian Modernist Masterpiece

In Berlin’s Modernist Network

Rietveld-Schröder House Celebrates De Stijl Anniversary

Meet Our New Foundation Board Members

Maintaining Aalto's Studio – Linoleum Conservation

Virtual Tour of a Papaverhof Home in 3D

Getty Grant for Villa E-1027

Plečnik House in Ljubljana

Iconic Dacha

Iconic Houses: A Bohemian Road Trip

Work in Progress: Capricho de Gaudí

11 Le Corbusier Homes now on Unesco World Heritage List

At home with Le Corbusier

Henry van de Velde’s Study in Haus Hohe Pappeln Restored

Lynda Waggoner reports

A Conference to Remember

4th International Iconic Houses Conference

Guest of Honor - Harry Gesner

Fallingwater: European Lecture Tour

Wright Plus 2016 Walk

Susan Macdonald, Getty Conservation Institute

John Mcllwee, Garcia House

Meet the Friends – Elisabeth Tostrup

Iconic Houses: The Story So Far

Willie van Burgsteden, designer Iconic Houses

Buff Kavelman, Philanthropic Advisor

Meet the Friends - Frederick Noyes

Sheridan Burke, GML Heritage

Meet the Friends - Raymond Neutra

Sidney Williams, Frey House

Franklin Vagnone and Deborah Ryan, Museum Anarchists

Meet the Friends - James Haefner

Toshiko Mori, architect

Malachi Connolly, Cape Cod Modern House Trust

Meet the Friends - Penny Sparke

Lucia Dewey Atwood, Eames House

Cory Buckner, Mutual Housing Site Office

Jeffrey Herr, Hollyhock House

Speaking Volumes: Building the Iconic Houses Library

Sarah Lorenzen, Neutra VDL Studio and Residences

Ted Bosley, Gamble House

Keeping It Modern - Getty Conservation Grants

Meet the Friends - Thomas Schönauer

Wim de Wit, Stanford University

Linda Dishman, Los Angeles Conservancy

Jesse Lattig, Pasadena Heritage

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Work in Progress: Casa Vicens

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Marta Lacambra, Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera

Natascha Drabbe, Iconic Houses Foundation

Special speaker Oscar Tusquets

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Christen Obel, Utzon Foundation

Elena Ruiz Sastre, Casa Broner

Fernando Alvarez Prozorovich, La Ricarda

Tim Benton, Professor of Art History (Emeritus)

Susana Landrove, Docomomo Spain

Rossend Casanova, Casa Bloc

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Marga Viza, Casa Míla/La Pedrera

Celeste Adams, Frank Lloyd Wright Trust

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Henry Urbach, The Glass House

Victoria & Albert Museum London November 12

Tommi Lindh, new director of the Alvar Aalto Foundation and Museum

Iveta Černá, Villa Tugendhat

Lynda Waggoner, Fallingwater

Kimberli Meyer, MAK Center

Rent a house designed by Gerrit Rietveld

Barragán House on Screen

Gesamtkunstwerk – An Icon on the Move

Triennale der Moderne 27 September - 13 October 2013

Prestigious Art Nouveau mansions in Brussels open

September 14 + 15: Heritage Days in Paris

June's New Arrivals: Museum Apartments

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Corbu’s Cabanon: Reconstruction and Lecture

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New arrivals: Spain special

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Annual Wright Architectural Housewalk: 18 May

Frank Lloyd Wright Homes on Screen

Message from the Editor

Neutra’s House on Screen

Michel Richard, Fondation Le Corbusier

Symposium The Public and the Modern House

Melnikov House on Screen

Iconic Houses in the media

Message from the Editor

Round Table Review

Eileen Gray House on Screen

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16 February 2024

SPECIAL - Vacances en France!

Welcome to the third in our series of country specials – designed to help you make the most of a week(end) away. With Germany and The Netherlands covered, we continue our journey to France, where 13 modern house museum are ready to welcome you! How about visiting a pure Alvar Aalto in mint condition, near Paris? And of course you'll find Le Corbusier's Unesco-listed Villa Savoye among our member houses, along with the less famous, self-built retreat of Jean Prouvé in Nancy. We’ve arranged the houses here chronologically, from youngest to oldest. Even if you decide to have a staycation this summer, you can still travel the houses from home.
Enjoy!

Note: Plan your visits well in advance, as house museums and especially private houses can have irregular visiting times and often require online reservation.

Fondation Hartung-Bergman, Mario Fossa, Antibes, 1973
Designed by Hans Hartung and Anna-Eva Bergman themselves, the villa comes from Mediterranean influences and is built in a modern and minimalist style. The compound consists of two structures. At the entrance of the site, among the old olive trees, are two separate studios of the artists. At the top of the field, is the villa with a big patio, a swimming pool, open to the sky and the surrounding pine forest. Each room is accessible from outside.


Maison Bernard, Antti Lovag, Théoule-sur-Mer, 1970s
Designed as a family residence, Maison Bernard is a much-admired example of organic architecture. Antti Lovag created the house by assembling spherical spaces which adapt to the surrounding area by integrating with the natural environment – going beyond strict rational necessities towards a new vision of home.


Maison Cazenave, Hans Demarmels, Lanepláa, 1967
With this unique house light becomes the fourth dimension of architecture. Maison Cazenave, designed in 1965 and completed in 1967 is overlooking the soft-sloped hills of Nouvelle Aquitaine in France with the Pyrenees mountains in sight. Built by Swiss architect Hans Demarmels for the Cazenave family, the house seamlessly connects indoor with outdoor living. It was designed around a huge open fireplace including various seating areas.


Maison Louis Carré, Alvar Aalto, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne 1959-1963
Built for a wealthy Parisian art dealer, Maison Louis Carré is located in the village of Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, some 40 km south-west of Paris. This masterpiece of modern architecture, combining buildings, garden, furniture and interior design in a total work of art, is Aalto's only surviving building in France.


Maison Jean Prouvé, Jean Prouvé, Nancy, 1954
Built in 1954, Jean Prouvé's family home is located in a residential area on one of the hills dominating Nancy. Demonstrating the simplicity and lightness of Prouvé's architectural style, it was built in a single summer by the architect and a couple of family friends, using prefabricated materials. Below the house is a pavilion, Prouvé's office.


Le Cabanon, Le Corbusier, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, 1952
Le Corbusier's tiny seaside holiday cabin, Le Cabanon, on the Côte d'Azur in France, was where the architect spent every August for 18 years. Built in 1951 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, the Cabanon looks like a log cabin from the outside. Inside, it was carefully designed on modular principles and made from prefabricated elements.


Apartement-Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Paris, 1934
Le Corbusier’s studio apartment occupies the last two floors of the Molitor apartment block in the 16th arrondissement at the border between Paris and Boulogne. Bathed in light Le Corbusier’s personal apartment spans the length of the last floor and furthermore houses his painting studio. The architect inhabit this apartment-terrace from 1934 until his death in 1965. The apartment was classified as a Historical Monument in 1972.


Villa Cavrois, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Croix, 1932
This family home is a total work of art. Based on a classical organisation with separate wings for the parents, children and servants, this house is nevertheless a manifesto for modernist architecture with its strong attention to light, space and rational volumes. Villa Cavrois has undergone an exemplary restoration to its former glory.


Villa Trapenard, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Sceaux, 1932
This modernist villa was designed by French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens in 1932 for his friend, Jacques Trapenard. The 150-square meter cubic house is nearly urban in configuration, with a piano nobile of sorts dominating the garden and surrounding landscape. The villa's original spatial distribution takes its users on a veritable architectural promenade, from street to roof terrace via a long linear coursive, two dramatic staircases and a spectacularly lit cantilevered salon.


Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier, Poissy, 1931
Villa Savoye, a modernist villa in Poissy, on the outskirts of Paris, was designed by Le Corbusier and his cousin, Pierre Jeanneret. A manifesto of Le Corbusier's ideas about new architecture, the villa is one of the most easily recognisable examples of the International Style. In 2016, UNESCO added Villa Savoye to its list of World Heritage Sites.


Van Doesburg's studio house, Theo van Doesburg, Meudon, 1930
De Stijl founder Theo van Doesburg designed this studio house in the late 1920s for himself and his wife Nelly van Moorsel. Unfortunately, he died (aged only 47) before the house was finished. On the outskirts of Paris, the house represents Van Doesburg’s view on the synthesis of the arts and his ambition to unite society, industry and science.


Villa E-1027, Eileen Gray, Roquebrune Cap-Martin, 1926-1929
Eileen Gray's first building, this villa is essentially a white rectangle perched upon the Cap-Martin cliff face, with concrete piles, open plan rooms, a roof garden, horizontal windows and a 'free' facade - a modernist icon. The house's interior is even more important, and testifies to Gray's talent as a designer and the attention she put into details.


Maison La Roche, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, Paris, 1925
Maison La Roche represents one of the most eloquent testimonies to the relevance of modern architecture in France. Although in its form and structure it cannot be dissociated from Maison Jeanneret next to it, which is today the home of the Le Corbusier Foundation, it is nonetheless set apart by its specific programme, that of a house built for an art collector. In 2016, UNESCO has added 17 projects by Le Corbusier to its list of internationally significant architecture sites, including Maison La Roche.


Les Colombières, Ferdinand Bac, Menton, 1924
Les Colombières (The Dovecotes) is a villa in Menton on the French Riviera. The extensions of the original house and gardens were designed and supervised by caricaturist, illustrator, author and designer Ferdinand Bac between 1920 and '24. Bac also designed furniture and fittings for the house and personally painted all then frescos and paintings.


Villa Noailles, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Hyères, 1923-1932
Villa Noailles is one of the first modernist buildings constructed in France. The villa, designed by Mallet-Stevens for Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, exhibits the founding tenets of the rationalist movement. Later extensions and the courtyard and gardens turned a modest holiday home into a 1800m2 ocean liner.


Villa Majorelle, Henri Sauvage, Nancy 1901-1902
The Parisian architect Henri Sauvage designed the house of Nancean cabinet-maker Louis Majorelle as a manifesto for a new type of architecture, in which comfort and harmony of volumes are the leading ideas. Sauvage asked other artists to contribute to the decoration, making Villa Majorelle the first example of the principle of the unity of arts.


Posted 16 February 2024