Seasonal exhibitions

  • 2026 / 2027 | Design, Displacement and Donkeys: The Fractured Life of Egon Riss

    Architect and designer Egon Riss is one of the Isokon Flats’ most enigmatic residents: renowned for the characterful Penguin Donkey and Gull he designed for Isokon Furniture, but little-known in Britain for his significant contributions to architecture and industry.

    Posted in Architecture

  • 2024/2025 | Through a Bauhaus Lens: Edith Tudor-Hart and Isokon

    Opens Saturday 2nd March 2024 - closes November 2025.

    Recently discovered images from the archive of Edith Tudor-Hart:
    Bauhaus student, photographer and Soviet spy recruiter

    Posted in Architecture, Bauhaus, Modernist, Photography

  • 2020 | Jacques & Jacqueline Groag

    Our special exhibition for 2020 tells the story of two celebrated Isokon residents: Jacques Groag was a pioneer of Viennese modernist architecture, whilst Jacqueline had a profound impact on textile design in Britain.
    Posted in Architecture, Textiles

  • 2017 | Walter Gropius

    As the Director of the Bauhaus, Gropius was one of the most esteemed Isokon tenants and lived in the Lawn Road Flats from 1935 to 1937.
    Posted in Architecture, Bauhaus

  • 2015 | Marcel Breuer

    Marcel Breuer (1902–81) was a Bauhaus master, path-breaking furniture designer and a pioneer of post-war modern architecture. Born in Hungary, he ...
    Posted in Architecture, Bauhaus, Furniture