Events

Thursday, 25 September 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

In this talk Owen Hatherley will talk about some of the Central European architects and planners who moved to Britain between 1933 and 1940

Tuesday, 15 July 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Sir John Tusa will talk about his personal connection with the pioneering modernist Bat'a factory and its village in East Tilbury

Thursday, 20 June 2024 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

The Architectural Review magazine and its editor Jim Richards had a close promotional relationship with Isokon company throughout the 1930s.

Tuesday, 28 May 2024 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Alan Powers and Andrew Murray talk about architect Ernö Goldfinger, exploring some of his lesser known projects and his influence abroad.

Thursday, 25 April 2024 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Explore the interdisciplinary practice of Sigma 1 during Romania's fragile period leading up to the collapse of Communism.

Tuesday 5 March 2024 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Explore the work of the Bauhaus-trained photographer Edith Tudor-Hart, her connection to Isokon and new research findings from her archive.

Wednesday 13 Dec 2023 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Daria Sorokina compares two iconic residential projects of the 1930s, which although emerging independently, exemplified the internationality of modernism.

Thursday 30 Nov 2023 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Charles Darwent will discuss the nearly three years Piet Mondrian spent as part of the Mall Studios set, two streets away from Isokon Flats.

Thursday 16 Nov 2023 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Alborz Dianat explains the complex history of architectural critic P. Morton Shand, a key promoter of Modernism in interwar Britain.

Thursday 12 Oct 2023 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

In 1937, Le Corbusier discovered Eileen Gray's Villa E 1027. Inspired by the genius of the place, he created a total of eight large-format wall paintings there, which have sparked a fierce controversy over their appropriateness in the villa.

Tuesday 13 Jun 2023 | 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Screening of the film Contemporary Days followed by a Q&A discussion with Paula Day, daughter of the designers Robin and Lucienne Day. With thanks to Design OnScreen, USA.