Daily Schedule 

Icons of Czech Avantgarde:

Authenticity & Style Diversity

Follow this link for photos of all house museums in the tour program! 

21 May, Sunday

22 May, Monday

Pre-Conference Welcome Reception

- at the Residence of H.E. Mr. Daan Huisinga, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Prague 

Day 1

CHECK-IN at National Library of Technology

Welcome by Natascha Drabbe, Executive Director and Founder Iconic Houses Network

Co-Chair of the IH-2023 Conference

Welcome by Maria Szadkowska, Curator of Villa Mülller and Iveta Černá, Head of Villa Tugendhat and both Co-Chairs of the IHC-2023 

• Keynote Address "Icons of Czech Avantgarde:
Authenticity & Style Diversity"

PROFESSOR VLADIMÍR ŠLAPETA with Q&A

Prof. Ing. arch. VLADIMÍR ŠLAPETA, DrSc., Hon. FAIA
 

• Iconic Shorts

8 Czech modern house museums featured in presentations of 6:40 min.

See daily schedule for full list of speakers and subjects.

Afternoon House Tours:

- One Family House, František Marek, Václav Hilský, Richard Podzemný and Antonín Tenzer, in Lidice, early 1950s

- Museum of Tower Blocks in Kladno, JosefHavlíček, Kladno, 1956

- Villa Müller, Adolf Loos, 1930    

- Villa Rothmayer, Otto Rothmayer, Prague, 1929

Opening Reception at the Mayor's Residence

Dinner by individual arrangement

Day 2

CHECK-IN at National Library of Technology

• Keynote Address "Loos' Raumplan and the famous Vienna Looshaus" 

PROFESSOR BURKHARDT RUKSCHCIO  

In his lecture Professor Burkhardt Rukschcio will present the history of the
restoration and reconstruction of this 1910 gem of modern architecture that stood
at the cradle of Loos' world-famous and influential Raumplan.

• Iconic Shorts

10 Czech modern house museums featured in presentations of 6:40 min.

See daily schedule for full list of speakers and subjects.

Afternoon House Tours:

- Adolf Loos Apartment & Gallery, Adolf Loos, 1929 

- Villa Bílek, FrantišekBílek, 1911    

- Villa Winternitz, Adolf Loos & Karel Lhota, Prague, 1932

- Werkbund Housing Estate Baba, houses designed by Mart Stam, Josef Gočár Prague a.o., 1932 (Drive thru)

Launch of The Last House by Adolf Loos at the National Technical Museum

END OF PROGRAM A

Dinner by individual arrangement

Day 3 - Field Trip Pilsen

Visits of Adolf Loos Interiors:

- Brummel House, Adolf Loos, 1929   

- Apartment of the Kraus Family, Adolf Loos, 1931     

LUNCH at the famous Pilsner Urquell Brewery

- Semler Residence, Heinrich Kulka, 1934  

- Apartment of Dr. Vogl, Adolf Loos, 1928   

- Hugo Semler’s Apartment, Adolf Loos, 1932  

Closing Reception hosted by the City of Prague Museum

Dinner by individual arrangement

Day 4 - Travel to Brno

House Tour:

- Vila Volman, Karel Janů and Jiří Štursa, Čelákovice, 1939 
(30 km outside of Prague)  

CHECK-IN at Hotel Continental
Welcome reception at Villa Tugendhat

Dinner by individual arrangement

26 May, Friday

Day 5 - House Tours and stay in Brno

- Jurkovič House, Dušan Jurkovič, Brno, 1906. 

- Villa Tugendhat, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Brno, 1930

- Villa Stiassni, Ernst Wiesner, Brno, 1929

Picnic LUNCH at Villa Stiassni

- Werkbund Housing Estate Kolonie Nový dům, Brno, 1928 (Drive thru)

END OF PROGRAM B (optional transfer to Prague or Vienna on Saturday 27 May 9am)

Dinner by individual arrangement

Day 6 - Post-Conference Field Trip

Travel from Brno to Vienna                                           

CHECK-IN at 25hours Hotel

House tours Vienna: 

- Werkbund Housing Estate Vienna, houses designed by Rietveld, Loos a.o., Vienna, 1928

- Gerrit Rietveld designed row house, in the Werkbund Housing Estate Vienna, 1931

- Haus Loos, in the Werkbund Housing Estate Vienna, 1931 (TBC)

- Joseph Hoffmann designed house, in the Werkbund Housing Estate Vienna, 1931

- Villa Beer, Josef Frank, Vienna, 1931

- Villa Rezek, Hans Glas, Vienna, Austria, 1933

- By individual arrangement after 6pm:

- visit of Margarete Schütte-Lihotsky’s former apartment, Vienna, 1970 

Dinner by individual arrangement

Day 7 - Travel from Vienna to Ljubliana

House Tour:

- Haus Dellacher, Raimund Abraham, Oberwart, Austria, 1969 

- Parish Church, Günther Domenig, Oberwart, Austria, 1965 

- Domenig Steinhaus, Günther Domenig, Steindorf, 1982-2008

Welcome Reception at the Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana   

CHECK IN at Hotel Slon in Ljubljana

Dinner by individual arrangement

Day 8 - Plečnik's Ljubljana                  

House Tour:

- Plečnik House, Jože Plečnik, Ljubljana, 1929

- Plečnik’s Cultural Axis              

- LUNCH at Plečnik’s Central Market

- Plečnik’s Water Axis

Closing reception at the National Gallery of Slovenia

Day 9 - Plečnik's Ljubljana 

- Plečnik’s National and University Library

- Plečnik’s Žale Cemetery

- Plečnik’s Church of St. Francis of Assisi

- Plečnik’s Church of St. Michael  

- Visit of Prelovšek House designed by Plečnik, Ljubljana 1929                                          

END OF PROGRAM C. Transfer by bus to Venice Airport