A305/13: Le Corbusier: Villa Savoye

In the context of the exhibition The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture, the CCA presents twenty-four broadcasts from the course A305, History of Architecture and Design 1890–1939, by The Open University. To learn more about the project, visit https://www.cca.qc.ca/A305.

In television broadcast 13, Tim Benton visits Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye, built at Poissy near Paris from 1929-1931, one of the most impressive monuments of the International Style. In a detailed analysis of the building, Benton relates the Villa Savoye to ideas expressed in Le Corbusier’s writings of the 1920s. The motto of the film is Le Corbusier’s phrase: “The house: a machine for living in.“

Written by Tim Benton, directed by Nick Levinson, produced the BBC/Open University, aired 14 June 1975 on BBC2.