Message from the Editor

We are thrilled to announce that the Horta Museum, one of only seven 20th-century houses to be listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site, is joining the Iconic Houses Network. Check out our index of houses to discover other iconic homes that have joined our network since our launch just a few months ago. Enjoy!
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Symposium The Public and the Modern House

The first initiative following to the launch of the Iconic Houses Network is an all-day symposium, The Public and the Modern House, during Modernism Week, organized by the Palm Springs Art Museum and Sunnylands as a sponsor on Saturday 23 February 2013.
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Melnikov House on Screen

The World-famous architect Konstantin Melnikov (1890–1974) designed his utopian house, an icon of modern architecture, in the centre of Moscow in the late 1920s.This film tells the amazing story of the Melnikov House.
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Five questions for.... Susanna Pettersson

Dr. Susanna Pettersson is the Director of Alvar Aalto Foundation / Alvar Aalto Museum in Finland. The museum has four venues in two cities, Helsinki and Jyväskylä. Three of the venues are modern house museums and the fourth one is a traditional museum designed by Alvar Aalto
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Iconic Houses in the media

In the first three months of its existence, the Iconic Houses website has attracted over 30,000 visitors and received huge media attention.
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Round Table Review

Here’s a photo impression from our first Round Table event, where 25 members of the Iconic Houses Network gathered to discuss the most pressing issues affecting them today.
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