Isokon Gallery

Isokon Gallery Experience the remarkable story of the Isokon apartment building, opened in 1934 as a progressive experiment in new ways of urban living.

Isokon Flats forms part of Hampstead's heritage, an area of London shaped by centuries of cultural, intellectual and arc...
29/08/2026

Isokon Flats forms part of Hampstead's heritage, an area of London shaped by centuries of cultural, intellectual and architectural history. From the open landscape of Hampstead Heath to the streets and squares that have long attracted artists, writers, architects and émigré communities, the area offers a rich mix of historic buildings and places of cultural significance. Several of these buildings participate in London Open House during September, including Isokon Flats where you can visit three flats 19-20th September 2026.

Tomorrow is the last Friday of the month, and that means that the Isokon Gallery is open 11am to 4pm - and that we offer...
27/08/2026

Tomorrow is the last Friday of the month, and that means that the Isokon Gallery is open 11am to 4pm - and that we offer 15% off all books in our gift shop to visitors. Lawn Road, London NW3 2XD. Only four minutes walk from Belsize Park underground station.

On Thursday 24th September, we are showing a film about graphic designer FHK (Frederick Henry Kay) Henrion, who lived an...
18/08/2026

On Thursday 24th September, we are showing a film about graphic designer FHK (Frederick Henry Kay) Henrion, who lived and worked around the corner from Isokon Flats. FHK Henrion (1914-1990) was a German-Jewish émigré who arrived in London in 1936, having fled Germany for Paris in 1933. He worked on wartime propaganda projects for the UK Ministry of Information, before moving to the Hampstead house in 1947 with his first wife, sculptor Daphne Hardy Henrion (1917-2003). FHK Henrion went on to design some of the world's most recognisable brands including the packaging for Tate & Lyle sugar and the corporate identity for KLM. The award winning film 'Designing From Home' is directed by Harriet Atkinson and Sue Breakell, who will both be present for a Q&A. Designing from Home draws on little-seen original material from Henrion’s archive, held at the Design Archives, as well as interviews with Henrion’s four children, filmed in the extraordinary house which was the family home for almost 80 years. The documentary was made with Banyak Films, and was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the University of Brighton School of Art & Media and School of Humanities & Social Science, and the Centre for Design History. Tickets through Eventbrite.

We now have a family of Isokon fridge magnets available in our gift shop at Lawn Road and online at isokongallery.org
05/08/2026

We now have a family of Isokon fridge magnets available in our gift shop at Lawn Road and online at isokongallery.org

Architectural photographer Adam Štěch has been to Melbourne, and documented Cairo Flats, the Australian sister building ...
03/08/2026

Architectural photographer Adam Štěch has been to Melbourne, and documented Cairo Flats, the Australian sister building of Isokon Flats. The Australian architect Best Overend had been an assistant of Isokon architect Wells Coates in London, before returning home and designing Cairo Flats in 1935. Also known as the Cairo Bachelor Flats, each apartment was designed to "provide maximum amenity in minimum space for minimum rent". Like Isokon, Cairo Flats was designed for the middle-classes, with wardrobes, dressing tables, cupboards, shelves, kitchen tables, chairs and the bed all incorporated as built-in elements. Only a suitcase of clothing was required when moving in.

Wells Coates the radio man. The BBC had started in 1922, and Broadcasting House opened in 1932, employing Wells Coates, ...
01/08/2026

Wells Coates the radio man. The BBC had started in 1922, and Broadcasting House opened in 1932, employing Wells Coates, Serge Chermayeff, Raymond McGrath, Reginald Maufe and Dorothy Warren Trotter to design the sound studios. The number of licensed radios in Britain grew from about 3 million in 1930 to nearly 9 million by 1939, so it's no surprise that radio manufacturer EKCO (E.K. Cole Ltd.) turned to Wells Coates, Serge Chermayeff and Raymond McGrath for product design. The first radio designed by Wells Coates for EKCO was the iconic AD65, introduced in 1934 after being designed in 1932, the same period as he worked on Isokon Flats. The AD65 radio was occasionally made in green (often referred to as onyx or mottled green), though exceptionally rare. While standard production models were walnut brown or black, special-order colours were produced using urea-formaldehyde instead of standard Bakelite. You can see several Wells Coates' radios on display at the Isokon Gallery.

Tomorrow Friday 31st July is the last Friday on the month, and that means that the Isokon Gallery museum is open 11am to...
30/07/2026

Tomorrow Friday 31st July is the last Friday on the month, and that means that the Isokon Gallery museum is open 11am to 4pm. As a special treat, we offer 15% off all books in our gift shop, only to visitors to the Gallery. We have hundreds of titles relating to 20th century architecture, modern art, design and social history!

Today, thirteen architectural sites designed by Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage ...
26/07/2026

Today, thirteen architectural sites designed by Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Congratulations to the Alvar Aalto Foundation! It complements a UNESCO listing whose international modern-architecture sites include a series of 17 Le Corbusier buildings (UNESCO World Heritage 2016) and eight Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings (UNESCO World Heritage 2019). The Aalto sites are:
Paimio Sanatorium, 1929–33, Paimio
The Aalto House, 1935–36, Helsinki
Sunila Pulp Mill Residential area, 1936–38, 1947, 1951–54, Kotka
Villa Mairea, 1938–39, Pori
Säynätsalo Town Hall, 1949–52, Jyväskylä
University of Jyväskylä, Aalto campus, 1951–71, Jyväskylä
Seinäjoki Civic Centre, 1951–87, Seinäjoki
Muuratsalo Experimental House, 1952–54, Jyväskylä
House of Culture, 1952–58, Helsinki
National Pensions Institute (KELA), 1953–57, Helsinki
Studio Aalto, 1954–55, 1962–63, Helsinki
Church of Three Crosses, 1956–58, Imatra
Finlandia Hall, 1962/1967–75, Helsinki
(photo of Säynätsalo Town Hall by Nico Saieh)

Extraordinary Friday openings at the Isokon Gallery; the museum will be open this Friday 24th July 11am-4pm AND Friday 3...
21/07/2026

Extraordinary Friday openings at the Isokon Gallery; the museum will be open this Friday 24th July 11am-4pm AND Friday 31st July 11am-4pm (on top of our regular Saturday and Sunday opening hours). As always, it's free entry. We also have a well stocked Modernist gift shop.

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Isokon Building
London
NW32XD

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Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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