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The London-based Isokon firm was founded in 1929 to design and construct modernist houses and flats, and subsequently furniture and fittings for them. Originally called Wells Coates and Partners, the name was changed in 1931 to Isokon, a name derived from Isometric Unit Construction, bearing an allusion to Constructivism. Unusually for a design company, its directors were a bacteriologist Molly Pritchard, a solicitor Frederick Graham-Maw, son of the founder of the law firm, Rowe and Maw, Frederick James Maw and an economist Robert S Spicer. In actuality, the company was run by Molly's husband Jack Pritchard whose initial involvement was to handle the economics, publicity and marketing, but who later went on to hire designers and direct the company. Isokon was never commercially successful. The end came when World War II began and its supply of plywood was cut off. The Isokon Furniture Company ceased production in 1939. ==Lawn Road Flats== Isokon's key project was the Lawn Road Flats in Hampstead, sometimes called the Isokon building, which opened on 9 July 1934. Intended to be the last word in contemporary modernist living, the block of flats were aimed at the market of new young professionals of the 1930s and contained 22 single flats, four double flats, three studio flats, staff quarters, kitchens and a large garage. In 1937 a club, the Isobar, was added to the complex. The flats and particularly the bar became famous as a centre for intellectual life in North London. Famous residents included the novelist Agatha Christie, and regulars at the Isobar included the sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, and the painter Ben Nicholson. In July 2014, the building's garage was converted into a (gallery space ) with a permanent exhibition that tells the story of the building, its residents and the Isokon Furniture company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isokon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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