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Event & Conference Details
Modernism on the East Coast – Philip Johnson and the Harvard Five
May 15-18, 2018 |
Fifth International Iconic Houses Conference and House Tours
With more exclusive house tours, more authoritative speakers, and more knowledge-sharing networking activities than ever before, ICONIC HOUSES’ Fifth International Conference is its most ambitious event yet. Taking place from May 15th to 18th at Dolce Norwalk in Norwalk, CT, the conference – on the themeModernism on the East Coast – Philip Johnson and the Harvard Five– highlights the importance of Modernist residential architecture worldwide, and the urgent need to safeguard its future.
Local Heroes
The conference explores the early days of Modernism on the USA’s East Coast following its arrival from Europe. The New Canaan area has an impressive number of high-quality Modernist homes because the architects who taught at Harvard built houses for themselves and their friends here. Many are the work of the Harvard Five: Philip Johnson, Marcel Breuer, Eliot Noyes, Landis Gores and John Johansen.These unique homes will be the focus of the lectures and conference house tours.
Latin American Accents
A second theme is Iconic Houses in Latin America, the new focus of the organization’s awareness-raising efforts. Representatives of house museums from several Latin American countries (Barragán House, Mexico; Casa de Vidro, Brazil; Casa del Puente/Casa Victoria Ocampo, Argentina) will share their struggles to overcome obstacles, as well as their successful survival strategies.
Exclusive House Tours
Wednesday, May 16 (optional pre-conference session):
The Marcel Breuer House in the Pocantico Hills of Tarrytown; Russel Wright’s home and studio Manitoga in Garrison; the Usonia community and the Roland Reisley House (Frank Lloyd Wright), a Usonian Home in Pleasantville, NY.
Thursday, May 17:
Philip Johnson masterpieces including his own iconic Glass Houseand three private houses; the Ball House; Boissonnas House and Hodgson House.
Friday, May 18:
Harvard Five masterpieces including the family home of Eliot Noyes; the Goodyear Houseby John Johansen; the John Rayward House, aka Tirranna, one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s last grand worksand Richard Meier's iconic Smith Housein Darien.
Saturday, May 19 – Monday, May 21:
An optional three-day post-conference trip to the modest Modernist holiday homes on Cape Cod, which also takes in Cambridge and ends with Boston’s Gropius House. Tours on Cape Cod include houses designed by Serge Chermayeff, Jack Hall, Paul Weidlinger and Charlie Zehnder.
Top Speakers
Key stakeholders – curators, owners, restoration architects and residents of iconic houses – reflect a wide spectrum of knowledge, perspectives and opinions. Keynote speaker, architect, museum professional, teacher and critic Terence Riley, was Philip Johnson Chief Curator for Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where he championed contemporary and Modernist architecture.He will discuss Philip Johnson’s role in popularizing Modernism in the USA.The other keynote speaker is noted architectural historian Jorge Francisco Liernur, Emeritus Professor of the History of Architecture, Torcuato di Tella University, Buenos Aires (Argentina) and co-curator of MoMA’s exhibition (2015) Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955–1980. He will share his insights onthe origin of the Modern house in Latin America.
Expert Sessions
The conference program also includes expert sessions and case studies devoted to the vital topics of fundraising for house museums and viable alternatives to the house-museum model. Representatives of The National Trust for Historic Preservation (USA), Realdania By Byg (Denmark), Cape Cod Modern House Trust (USA) and the Heritage Houses Trust (Japan) ensure an international perspective. Moderating is Chandler McCoy, who runs the Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative (CMAI) as Senior Project Specialist at the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles.
ICONIC HOUSES is the international platform connecting architecturally significant 20th-century houses that are open to the public as house museums. It focuses on conservation, management, policy and cooperation. The website, www.iconichouses.org, lists 150 house museums worldwide and was launched in 2012. Founding Director is Natascha Drabbe (Van Schijndel House Utrecht, Netherlands). The Advisory Board consists of house museum directors Iveta Cerná (Villa Tugendhat, Brno, Czech Republic), Janice Lyle (Sunnylands Center and Gardens, Rancho Mirage, CA) and Lynda Waggoner (Fallingwater, Mill Run, PA).
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Website:
www.aanmelder.nl/ihc2018 |
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Location Information |
Dolce Norwalk |
32 Weed Avenue Norwalk, CT 06850 |
Website:
www.wyndhamhotels.com/dolce/norwalk-connecticut/norwalk/overview?icid=in%3adx%3a20170602%3alink%3adest%3a49401 |
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Contact Information |
Natascha Drabbe |
Email:
info@iconichouses.org |
Phone:
+31 622 69 07 11 or +31 20 419 58 25 |
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