| Conference Countdown: Next Week | We are in high gear right now! Follow the link to get your hands on tickets for the last available spots, before tomorrow 11 February. Our 78 pages thick program guide is in print, Media Partner Dwell is excited to participate, volunteer docents getting their brief, conference bags delivered, final logistics checked, speakers finishing their presentations. The weather forecast: nice and warm! The whole team in LA is ready for take-off!
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| Meet the Owner of Lautner's Garcia House: John McIlwee | John McIlwee owns Lautner’s Garcia House, one of the most important residences from the midcentury period in LA, that is part of our house tours on 19 February! Originally designed in 1962 for composer Russell Garcia its simple maintenance that is the biggest challenge now. John had to hire an electrician just to change a light bulb, because the ceiling is 35 feet high..
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| Meet the Friends: Elisabeth Tostrup | Elisabeth Tostrup is Emerita Professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design in Norway – and a Friend of Iconic Houses. She wrote in 2014 the book 'Planetveien 12, The Korsmo House. A Scandinavian Icon'. We know Korsmo as the architect of our member house Villa Stenersen. What made her decide to support Iconic Houses' mission?
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| Meet the Designer of Iconic Houses: Willie van Burgsteden | No wonder the favorite house of our designer Willie van Burgsteden is the one that Albert Frey designed for himself around a rock (the Frey II House in Palm Springs). In 1993, Frey kindly gave her a tour and showed her his correspondence with Le Corbusier. Who wouldn't have wanted to been there then!
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| Join us as a Friend! | Are you passionate about significant homes and do you find Iconic Houses interesting and useful? You can support our work by donating and becoming a Friend of Iconic Houses! You'll become part of a growing international community of architecture lovers with a special interest in 20th-century residential masterpieces. One of the benefits includes a discount at our upcoming conference at The Getty in LA 17-19 February.
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