Events
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The Architectural Review: promoting modernism
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.
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Ernő Goldfinger – famous but forgotten
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.
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The Mystery of the X202 Chair
Tuesday, 7 May 2024 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Peter Wyeth tells us about designer James Leonard whose 1940s aluminium and ply school furniture for ESA in Stevenage sold in the millions.
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Artists as Constructors: The Life and Work of Sigma 1
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.
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An Inside Job: on processing Edith Tudor-Hart’s photographic estate
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.
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Narkomfin and Isokon – Points of Contact
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.
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Mondrian at the Mall
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.
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P. Morton Shand: The Critic Behind British Modernism
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.
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Tim Benton: Le Corbusier and the ‘desecration’ of E 1027
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.
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Contemporary Days
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.
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Modern Heritage – Reuse, Renovation, Restoration
Thursday 3 November 2022 | 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Ana Tostões is Professor & Architecture Scientific Board Chair at IST University of Lisbon. She has also been Chair of Docomomo International from 2011 – 2021 and is Editor of the recently published book Modern Heritage.
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Gabriel Guevrekian – The Elusive Modernist
Thursday 14 July 2022 | 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Hamed Khosravi will introduce his book 'The Elusive Modernist' which revisits the history of the Modern movement through the legacy of Gabriel Guevrekian (c. 1900―1970).
