Artists' houses

Connected Sites: 7

Definition
WHS that include residential houses that were homes of well-known artists. The houses must be open to visitors.

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Connected Sites

  • Bauhaus Sites
    Bauhaus Sites
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.75
    242
    14
    Masters Houses (Meisterhäuser) in Dessau: "there was Gropius' house and the double houses for Moholy-Nagy/Feininger, Muche/Schlemmer and Kandinsky/Klee"
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
    Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.73
    377
    29
    Le Cabanon, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin: "It is the only place the architect Le Corbusier built for himself which he used for vacation. (...) Le Corbusier spent every August in the cabin for 14 years." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Major Town Houses
    Major Town Houses
    Belgium
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.95
    306
    8
    Maison & Atelier Horta
  • Luis Barragán House and Studio
    Luis Barragán House and Studio
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2004
    2.76
    104
    10
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
    Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.27
    308
    13
    Frank Lloyd Wright lived in Taliesin and Taliesin West (his winter home).
  • Florence
    Florence
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    590
    15
    Casa Buonarroti, the house of Michelangelo
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
    Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.56
    171
    6
    The property contains artists' houses. These are residential houses that were the homes of the artists and other important persons close to the artists' colony, e.g. Olbrich House, Habich House, Small Glückert House, Behrens House. "The Darmstadt colony artists' houses are part of a great tradition of artists' houses, while at the same time pointing beyond this tradition through their creative innovation and programmatic function as part of an exhibition, together with their communal character." (Nomination file, p. 32-56, 202, 238)