If you watched the movie "The Kitchen", set in a future dystopian London www.netflix.com/gb/title/815... and were wondering about the buildings, here they are in real life, in the Parisian suburb of Courbevoie: lookatthisbuilding.wordpress.com/2020/11/22/l... . (1/2)

A 1955 interview with Agatha Christie, who lived in the Isokon building between 1941 and 1947, and was the subject of our 2021-22 exhibition (of which more details can be found here) isokongallery.org/blogs/exhibi... www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF8X...

Housing projects in Ivry-sur-Seine and the Paris suburbs, the work of Renée Gailhoustet, are the subject of a new exhibition at the Architectural Association (16 Jan - 21 March 2026), reviewed here: www.worldofinteriors.com/story/renee-...

The Isokon flats were home to several Soviet spies. This is the sort of camera that would have been used for espionage in those days. You can still buy the cameras second hand. casualphotophile.com/2018/10/03/m... #minox #espionage 1/2

The Wolverhampton School of Art (Diamond Redfern and Partners, 1966-70). In February 2025, the University had said it was planning to relocate the School and demolish the building, prompting a large scale protest. It's now been Listed Grade II, and saved. c20society.org.uk/news/listing...

Yesterday, 12 January, was the 50th anniversary of Agatha Christie's death. She lived at the Isokon from 1941 - 1947, and was given permission to knock two flats together. We had an Agatha Christie exhibition in 2021/22, with an excellent accompanying short film: isokongallery.org/blogs/exhibi...

A tiny selection from the Nigerian Modernism show @tatemodern.bsky.social On until 10 May.

Hope everyone is ok in the cold snap 🥶. Photo by former Isokon resident László Moholy-Nagy after he left London and moved to the USA

The last building designed by the late Balakrishna Doshi, and the only one built outside India. Recently completed at the Vitra campus. www.dezeen.com/2025/10/24/b...

Looking back on 2025, from our friends in Manchester.

Some videos to keep you entertained, inspired and informed, courtesy of @dezeen.com www.dezeen.com/2025/12/31/t...

Happy New Year everyone!

Something to look forward to in the coming year: Allesandro Mendini at the Estorick www.estorickcollection.com/exhibitions/...

A charming gingerbread Barbican 😊. One of many creations at www.thegingerbreadcity.com/london.html . Until 4 January 2026, at Coal Drops Yard, London N1C 4DQ.

Yerevan looks interesting. There will be direct flights there from London for the first time from June 2026 (Wizz Air, from Luton).

Happy Christmas! With a plywood robin, in honour of Jack “Plywood” Pritchard and Marcel Breuer’s Isokon Long Chair

Shops, and a cocktail bar, by the proto-modern architect Adolf Loos, that you can visit in Vienna. The cocktail bar is tiny and can get crowded, though.

The Isokon flats were built in 1934 in response to the question 'How do we want to live now? In the 1980s, ten houses were built in Almere in the Netherlands, in an area called De Fantasie (The Fantasy) which also seem to address that question. www.worldofinteriors.com/story/de-fan...

In which Diébédo Francis Kéré, talks about his life, how he became an architect, and his experiences.

Last day to shop for Christmas at the Isokon online store. Get your order in today! isokongallery.org/collections/

A new episode in Anja Guttenberger's Bauhaus Faces Podcast about about Ludwig Hilberseimer, who designed a Highrise City in 1924. www.bauhausfaces.com/start/episod... Anja will be giving a talk at the Isokon Gallery on 1 October 2026; keep an eye out for it on our website and on Eventbrite.

African modernism is having a moment, with an exhibition at Tate Modern. Explore another aspect, architectural modernism, in this recent book, available online from the Isokon Gallery shop tinyurl.com/53ykw55w

We've had a wonderful 2025 season at the Isokon Gallery, with record numbers of visitors. Although the Gallery is now closed, our online shop remains open isokongallery.org/collections/ The Isokon Gallery will reopen next year on Saturday 28 February. See you there in 2026!

A new book about the art of the 1930’s, when the Isokon flats were being built, a period which is often compared to our current one.

Christmas Isokon Shop today! Here’s a selection of some of our new stock:

In Episode #6 of Christie Confidential, filmed at this year's Agatha Christie Festival, Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund chat about the Isokon Flats where Agatha lived during World War II. @isokongallery.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHiA...

A brutalist festive exhibition: Christmas cards designed by Alison Smithson, who crafted Christmas cards every year. At Roca London Gallery, from 5 December 2025 - 31 January 2026. www.wallpaper.com/architecture...

“Architects, designers, writers and media professionals are more likely to be living in (now former) council flats in South-East London than they ever were in the 1950s or 1960s”👇

Dora Maar, not just just the subject of Picasso’s paintings, but an artist and photographer in her own right. More about her in this article from the Tate: www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/...

This year’s season has ended. We will reopen on Saturday 28 February 2026. But … we have a Christmas shop on Saturday 13 December 11 am to 4 pm. Come and visit us!

When Agatha Christie lost her knickers at the Isokon Flats where she was living: taguealibrary.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/4...

A great day out with @sarahj.bsky.social visiting the Tate Modern permanent collection on her excellent ‘Demystifying the Tate Modern’ course( @citylit.bsky.social ).

Modernist architecture in art: The wedding of Ruth Williams and Seretse Khama, painted by Kerry James Marshall at the Royal Academy. In the background, the National Assembly Building in Gaborone, Botswana. Does anyone know who the architect was?

Great to see this article by one of our fantastic Isokon volunteers. We look forward to reading it. 📖👏

‘Penguin suits or Boiler suits’ #OTD in 1990 the Thirties Society (forerunner of C20) hosted their now legendary Penguin Party at London Zoo, sponsored by Blueprint Magazine, in celebration of the life and work of Berthold Lubetkin following his death in Oct 1990.

This year’s season has ended. We will reopen on Saturday 28 February 2026. But … we have a Christmas shop on Saturday 13 November 11 am to 4 pm. Come and visit us!

Your last chance this year to visit an Isokon minimum flat: tomorrow, Sunday 30 November, 1100-1300. First come, first served. There may be a wait. We ask for a donation of £10 per visitor.

And this Sunday is the last day of this year’s Isokon season. Hope to see you there.

Join me Sunday 2pm to discover how the #Hampstead artistic community rallied round to save #refugee #artists from Nazi Europe www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to... @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social @londonhistorians.bsky.social @londonist.com @isokongallery.bsky.social

If you’re wondering what it’s like inside an Isokon flat, you can visit one tomorrow, Sunday 23 November, between 11 am and 1 pm. We ask for a donation of £10 per visitor. First come, first served; there may be a wait

A fantastic screening yesterday evening of ‘Designing from Home’, a short film about the designer FHK Henrion, followed by a discussion with directors Harriet Atkinson and Sue Breakell.

Heres the trailer for ’Designing from Home’ which will be screened on 20 November at the Isokon Gallery, followed by a discussion with the directors. vimeo.com/1133125381 . Tickets are going fast. Get yours from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...

At the Isokon Gallery on 20 Nov. A new short film which explores the twentieth-century designer FHK Henrion, a German-Jewish émigré, displaced many times before arriving in Britain. Followed by a discussion with the directors Sue Breakell and Harriet Atkinson. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...

Another Isokon encounter in Venice, the Book Pavilion in the Biennale gardens, designed by former resident James Stirling.

Work by former Isokon neighbours Barbara Hepworth (Single Form (Chûn Quoit), 1961), Piet Mondrian (Scaffold: Study for Tableau III, 1914) and Ben Nicholson (February 1956 (menhir), 1956) at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

Stunning ceramics by Lucio Fontana (who is best known for his slashed canvases). Current exhibition at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

The picture shows an Isokon minimum flat in the 1930s. This Sunday, 9 November, from 11:00 to 12:15, you have the opportunity to visit a a similar flat in the Isokon building. We ask for a donation of £10 per visitor. First come first served; there may be a wait.

We visited @henrymoorestudios.bsky.social on the last day of their season. A lovely sunny day perfect for exploring house of one-time Isokon resident Henry Moore, and the extensive grounds. Outstandingly friendly, knowledgeable and helpful staff.

It's now the final month of this year's season. Still to come: We're open for a Friday late (6-9 pm) on 28 November. On Sunday 9, 23 and 30 November you can visit an Isokon minimum flat from 11 am to 1 pm (first come, first served, we ask for a £10 donation per visitor to the flat). Do visit!

Happy Halloween! This former home of many notorious Soviet spooks is open this evening until 9 pm.