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Sir David Chipperfield on Le Corbusier

Sir David Chipperfield on Le Corbusier

The architect Sir David Chipperfield chooses Le Corbusier.

Great Lives · BBC Radio 4

December 31, 201328m 3s

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Show Notes

Award-winning architect Sir David Chipperfield chooses the pioneer of modern architecture

Le Corbusier aimed to build a better world through radical buildings and the controversial reshaping of whole cities.

Sir David joins Matthew Parris to unpick the life of a man who considered himself a heroic figure, fighting battles to improve the world.

With expert witness: Flora Samuel, Professor of Architecture at the University of Sheffield.

Producer: Melvin Rickarby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013.