Wherever I travel, I love to walk among architectural big or small wonders. In Łódź, on our last day, I found a guide about famous houses in the city. Not much time left, but I just had to see their famous Art Nouveau gem.
Villa Gallery, a house built in 1903 for the manufacturer Leopold Kindermann from Łódź, is listed on the prestigious Iconic Houses platform.
The global list of outstanding architecturally-significant houses is created by the Amsterdam-based Iconic Houses Foundation.
The aim of the Iconic Houses organisation is to popularise knowledge about 20th-century great architectural designs, gathering documentation on them and promoting the idea of opening such buildings to the public.
Only the houses that are open as public museums can enter the Iconic Houses list.
Among the list of most beautiful houses of the 20th century, there are icons such as Antonio Gaudí’s Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye in Poissy, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West in Arizona, as well as the houses of Alvar Aalto in Helsinki, and Victor Horta in Brussels, Theo van Doesburg in Paris, Arne Jacobsen’s in Copenhagen and many others, all considered milestones in the history of modern architecture.
Just to look at the elaborate details is magical. The iron gates were magical wonders.
The windows, and the visible – or hidden – sculptures really kept your eyes alert.
I met with some great difficulties trying to photograph the house – high gates and impossible angles. But I hope you get a hint of the beauty of the villa. It made me long for Bacelona and Gaudí, again…
Leya 
Wow, what a treasure! I haven’t even heard of it yet at all. And such exquisite doors! If you post such lovely doors on a Thursday, you really must link to the Thursday Doors challenge! 😉
Haha, well, I have never posted on that one – and I guess this is the only door possible😉
truly wonderful. What attention to detail. This has made me want to know more about the others you mentioned.
I am glad you found that much curiosity about the others! I would like to see them all. Some I have only seen in photos!
How beautiful, and good to know about Iconic Houses.
I did not know about it before visiting this one – but good to know.
This is magnificent I’m so pleased you found the time to see it and share it with us
I am glad you enjoyed it – and I was happy to find it!
I’m blown away by all this detailing with a tree theme, utterly magnificent!
I love it too. Reminding me of Gaudí and always motifs from nature!
Oh wow! Look at those windows, and the sculptures….
Marvellous, aren’t they!
Certainly are!
I have to see that villa one day 🙂
Loved it – and you would too!