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This iconic 1934 apartment block was once home to emigré Bauhaus masters, Agatha Christie, Soviet spies, and more. Open from March to the end of November, 11 am - 4 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, and on the last Friday of each month. isokongallery.org

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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s that time again. See an Isokon minimum flat on Sunday 4 Oct, 1100-1300. We ask for a £10 donation per person. First come first served.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A few tickets are still available for tomorrow’s talk by Anja Guttenberger on Ise Gropius. Held at the Isokon, where Ise and Walter lived for a few years.
eventbrite.co.uk
Ise Gropius: Architect of Modern Memory
Biographical portrait of Ise Gropius tracing her life from Bauhaus Dessau to the Lawn Road Flats in London and onward into exile in the US.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Iconic 20th century Japanese architecture, demolished this century.
theguardian.com
Structural decline: what happened to Japan’s iconic buildings? – in pictures
Japan once had a reputation for statement architecture – yet many buildings have been torn down since 2000. A new book reminds us of their futuristic beauty
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Beautiful architecturally-inspired silverware by Vicky Ambery-Smith, including some modernist examples which you might recognise. Seen at the www.goldsmithsfair.co.uk
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Monthly book sale, with 15% off all books at the Isokon Gallery tomorrow, Friday 25 September, 11:00-1600. We have some new books in stock too, just arrived today 👇
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And the winners of the Isokon Raffle that was held during the Open House Festival last weekend are ….. Sarah Thorpe for the Egon Riss book, Cara Maynard for tickets to lectures, Tessa Noble for the Isokon Gull, and Caroline for champagne cocktails and canapé hour for two in an Isokon flat.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tickets are still available for the screening of “Designing from Home” a film about FHK Henrion, at the Isokon Gallery this Thursday, 24 September. He’s the designer of this Penguin logo. Get your ticket from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Our latest Isokon tote bag, featuring the original isometric drawing of the building by its architect Wells Coates, is now available at the Gallery and in our online shop 👇
isokongallery.org
Isokon Flats tote bag
Made exclusively for the Isokon Gallery. Generous 40 x 40 cm with wide 8 cm gusset and long straps.  Featuring the original isometric plan of Isokon Flats made by architect Wells Coates. Made in Engla...
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As part of Open House weekend, 19-20 Sep, we're holding a raffle. Prizes are champagne cocktails and canapés for two in an Isokon flat, an Isokon Gull, tickets to eight lectures in 2027, and our book on Egon Riss. Tickets £5 each from isokongallery.org/products/raf.... Results announced on 21 Sep.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New exhibition of work by Tove Jansson, author and artist of the Moomin books, from 21 November to 9 May at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, Clerkenwell, London. Moomin are the largest corporate sponsor of the Isokon Gallery. (1/2)
theguardian.com
Previously unseen drawings by Moomins author Tove Jansson to go on show in London
Exclusive: Exhibition focusing on Finnish writer and artist’s illustrations will include original art from her first Moomins book
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A walking tour on 23 September by @walkingtalkinglon.bsky.social, exploring Jewish émigré designers and the Festival of Britain.
jewishrenaissance.org.uk
Festival of Britain Walking Tour — Jewish Renaissance
Retrace the steps of the Jewish émigré designers who contributed to the 1951 Festival of Britain with tour guide Marilyn Greene…
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Apart from the Isokon, obviously (open this weekend for drop-in tours, 19-20 Sept, 1100-1600) here are some other highlights of this year’s London Open House: www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
wallpaper.com
2026 London Open House highlights, from the festival that keeps on giving
What to see at the festival and how it also opens doors of another kind
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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Over half a century on from her last London commercial gallery show in London, the British artist Marlow Moss (1889-1958) is the subject of an extensive exhibition opening today at Ward Moretti at 12 Duke Street, St James’s. buff.ly/l5DKNg0
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
To visit these stations from the Isokon, take the Bank branch of the Northern Line from Belsize Park.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Visit us tomorrow and pick up your free copy of Auctionet magazine, with a 4-page article about the Isokon building. And of course, we also have an excellent bookshop 😊.
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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mid-1980s World Trade Center observation deck ticket. #WTC 9/11
Ticket stub from the World Trade Center Observation Deck.

"Adult" ticket shows the twin towers with the associated buildings at their base in black ink on yellow / manilla card stock. Verso of a ticket stub from the World Trade Center, mid-1980s. Black text on yellow / manilla card stock reads, "Management reserves the right to revoke the license granted by this ticket by refunding purchase price." 

Additional text reads, "TOLEDO TKT. CO., TOL., OH"
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Do you know this place? It's by Lottie Reizenstein, a Jewish artist who fled Nazi persecution in 1936 and settled in the Hampstead. The exact location of the scene is unknown, and @senatehouselib.bsky.social who are currently cataloguing her collection would love to know if anyone recognises it.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The former home of Richard Rogers has been given by his family to the National Trust www.dezeen.com/2026/09/09/2...
dezeen.com
Richard Roger's seminal house in London "gifted to the nation"
The modernist 22 Parkside house in Wimbledon, London, by Richard and Su Rogers has been acquired by conservation charity The National Trust.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We were delighted to welcome Peter Stephan Jungk, cousin of Edith Tudor-Hart, at the Isokon Gallery today. Here he is signing copies of his book. The signed copies are on sale at our shop (and online at isokongallery.org/products/the...).
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
An upcoming talk by Isokon friend and supporter @anfurman.bsky.social Incidentally the Isokon building was originally pale pink.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Another chance to visit an Isokon minimum flat this Sunday 6 September, 1100-1300. £10 donation to the Gallery per visitor, first come first served.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We're off to the Heal's Warehouse Sale this weekend, at Sandown Park Racecourse. Furniture, home accessories and lighting, all at up to 70% off. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-heals-...
eventbrite.co.uk
The Heal's Warehouse Sale
Eventbrite - Heal's presents The Heal's Warehouse Sale - Sunday, September 6, 2026 at Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, England. Find event and ticket information.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Iconic Isokon plywood furniture designed by Marcel Breuer in 1936 when he was living in the Isokon Flats, still in production. There's a lead time of 8-10 weeks, so now's the time to order yours for Christmas from isokongallery.org/collections/...
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Come and see @suebreakell.bsky.social & @harrietatkinson.bsky.social's film Designing From Home, about the life and home of designer FHK Henrion, at the Isokon Gallery on Thursday 24 September at 6.30 pm. Tickets from Eventbrite 👇
eventbrite.co.uk
Designing From Home
This film explores the twentieth-century designer FHK Henrion, a German-Jewish émigré, displaced many times before arriving in Britain.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We've just heard that the Isokon Furniture Company is launching The Masur Edition during London Design Festival: four enduring designs by Marcel Breuer reimagined in rare masur birch veneer, sold exclusively by leading London design gallery Béton Brut. londondesignfestival.com/activities/t... 🧵
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Tim Ross and Kevin McCloud have a podcast where they visit buildings that inspire them. Last year they were at the Isokon omny.fm/shows/big-de... You can listen to all the episodes at modernisterbooks.com/pages/big-de...
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New, on the Bauhaus Faces Podcast: LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY: Artist of the Future Part 2. www.bauhausfaces.com/start/episod... The host, Anja Guttenberger, will also be giving a talk at the Isokon on Ise Gropius on 1 October. Tickets from Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ise-gropiu...
bauhausfaces.com
Anja Guttenberger | Bauhaus Faces Podcast
The new "bauhaus faces" podcast is dedicated to the fascinating life stories of students and teachers of the legendary and infamous Bauhaus. Each episode will highlight a unique Bauhaus personality.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Isokon Gallery is open tomorrow, Friday 28 August, 11 am to 4 pm, and there will be a 15% discount on all books in our shop!
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The new Isokon tote. Coming soon to our shop.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
On Sunday 23 August, 1100-1300, you can visit a "minimum flat" at the Isokon. We ask for a donation to the Gallery of £10 per visitor. First come first served/ The picture (© Pritchard Papers, UEA) shows a typical interior in 1934. Come and see what a flat looks like nowadays.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Almost sold out: Chandigarh 60+ years since Le Corbusier Isokon Gallery Thursday, August 27 • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Get your tickets👇
eventbrite.co.uk
Chandigarh 60+ years since Le Corbusier
The history of the development of the extraordinary Modernist experiment in Chandigarh in north east India and how it became a success story
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If you’re interested in graphic design, you might like to buy a ticket for the upcoming screening of this award-winning short film about the designer FHK Henrion. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the directors. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...
eventbrite.co.uk
Designing From Home
This film explores the twentieth-century designer FHK Henrion, a German-Jewish émigré, displaced many times before arriving in Britain.
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Lukas Novotny @lukasnovo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In the 1980s the Greater London Council embarked upon a radical experiment in how to run the city, making use of poster campaigns and public art to take aim against racism, sexism and nuclear war. Hazel Atashroo & @rosamundlilywest.bsky.social discuss at @c20society.bsky.social
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nice to see this painting of Alexander Fleming House by Isokon friend and supporter Peter Wiley www.peter-wylie.com at this year’s Royal Academy Summer show. A painting of the Isokon flats by the same artist is on sale at the Isokon Gallery. Vist us tomorrow and on Sunday, 1100-1600.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
To receive occasional email updates, sign up for the Isokon Gallery mailing list forms.gle/rkZz8fPq6ZSy... 👇Portrait of Wells Coates, architect of the Isokon Building. Source: GB-1837-DES-DCA-30-1-POR-C-46-1. Design Council Archive, University of Brighton Design Archives.👇
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
At the Zurich Kunsthaus last month, when we visited the amazing Marisol exhibition. Ending soon www.kunsthaus.ch/en/besuch-pl...
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Vertical drinking in modern art. (We're still looking into its prevalence in the Isobar, the former bar in the ground floor of the Isokon building in the 1930s).
arthur.io
Edward Burra - Dockside Cafe, Marseilles, 1929
Edward Burra (1905-1976) was an artist from England. See more of their work on Arthur.io.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Isokon flats were completed in 1934. Meanwhile, in Shanghai … 👇
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The picture shows an Isokon flat in the 1930s. You can see what an Isokon flat looks like nowadays on Sunday 9 August, 1100-1300. First come first served; we ask for a £10 donation per visitor.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Our talk on Le Corbusier is sold out, but these events at the Isokon Gallery are now open for booking: "Designing from Home", a short film about FHK Henrion on 24 September. "Ise Gropius: Architect of Modern Memory", a talk by Anja Guttenberger on 1 October. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/10598755560.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Saw David Byrne’s wonderful “American Utopia” film last night. Having just visited Zurich, home of Dada, it was a particular treat to see Byrne’s adaptation of Hugo Ball’s 1916 Dada poem “Karawane”. Catch “American Utopia” at the cinema if you can! (1/2)
youtu.be
David Byrne's American Utopia - I Zimbra (Live on Colbert, 2021)
YouTube video by Oh No Compassion
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Kraftwerk will be performing live at the Dessau Bauhaus on 28-29 August at 8 pm. A good excuse to take the Trans Europe Express to Dessau. “Rendezvous on Champs-Elysees Leave Paris in the morning with T.E.E” bauhaus-dessau.de/en/events/kr...
bauhaus-dessau.de
Kraftwerk - Programme - Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
A forgotten Montenegrin/Yuogoslav architect. For those of you who saw the film "The Brutalist", here's the real Brutalist. magazine.032c.com/magazine/the... (1/2)
magazine.032c.com
The Concrete Flowers of SVETLANA KANA RADEVIĆ | 032c
One architect rewrote the history of modernism from the margins of Europe –
and became the most important brutalist you’ve never heard of.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A few more memories from our recent trip to Zurich. An exhibition of the work of Swiss textile designer Christoph Hefti, at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (Design Museum Zurich). museum-gestaltung.ch/en/exhibitio...
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A review of our current Egon Riss exhibtion, and accompanying catalogue. The article is in German, but Google does a pretty good job off translation these days 👇
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“To have brought together the individual parts of his work and his biography into a coherent whole, to have filled in numerous gaps, and to have opened up new perspectives on Riss and his architecture – that is undoubtedly the great merit of this exhibition and book project.”
magazin.wienmuseum.at
Der Architekt und Designer Egon Riss
Egon Riss prägte mit seinen Bauten das Rote Wien, designte im Londoner Exil ein ikonisches Bücherregal und entwarf dann ganze Gebäudekomplexe für die schottische Kohleindustrie. Anlässlich seines 125....
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
1 hour and 15 minutes left to buy this book at the Isokon Gallery today. It’s the catalogue for our current Egon Riss exhibition. 15% discount on all books purchased at the Gallery on the last Friday of the month.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A reminder that we’re open this Friday, 31 July, from 11:00-16:00 (and on the last Friday of every month until November). When there’s a 15% discount on all books!
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Kim Philby’s handler, Arnold Deutsch, lived at the Isokon, along with several other Soviet spies.
bbc.co.uk
'A masterclass in betrayal': The British double agent who defected to Russia and taught enemy spies
Kim Philby's defection to the Soviet Union was made public on 30 July 1963. In 2016, the BBC broadcast previously unseen footage of a lecture he gave to the Stasi.
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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
At the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich there’s a furniture gallery where you can sit on the furniture!
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