Is this the coolest book/magazine rack you've ever seen? It was designed in 1939 by Jack Pritchard and Egon Riss for Isokon. Isokon was founded in 1929 in London to design and build modernist houses.

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For a couple of years in the 1930s it looked as if England might become the new nexus of modernism. When the ...

MARY CONWAY becomes impatient with the intellectual self-indulgence of Tom Stoppard in a production that is, nevertheless, total class IT IS easy to see why Isokon, otherwise known as the Lawn Road ...

Isokon Plus is a company so rich in history that it’s a struggle to sum it up in a few short paragraphs. It was founded in London in 1931 as the Isokon Furniture Company by entrepreneur Jack Pritchard ...

THE best thing about London is there's so much to do. And that's the worst thing about London, too. It's overwhelming. You either end up just reverting to the standard list – the Tower, the palace – ...

This rare opportunity to buy a home in Belsize Park's storied Isokon Building is reserved for first-time buyers on a middle income. The 272-square-foot studio flat is on the market for £350,000 with ...

Simply sign up to the Style myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. My personal style signifiers are my spectacles. I’ve been wearing glasses since school, when I had these terrible black ...

The award-winning refurbishment of Wells Coates’ Grade-I listed masterpiece was officially unveiled in July, but the euphoria has been dampened by reports of mould, floods and draughts. Although the ...

Jack and Molly -- Wells Coates -- The Bauhaus -- Building the flats -- The arrival of the Bauhauslers -- Isokon furniture -- The Bauhauslers work outside Isokon -- Food, books and spies -- The war and ...