Missed a talk? All the Le Corbusier talks from the related events season are now available for download so you can catch up on all the hot topics discussed by leading architects and practitioners.
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The Making of Books
Thu 7 May 2009
Catherine de Smet, leading expert on the books of Le Corbusier, talks about the architect’s highly distinctive approach to graphic design and book making. Chaired by Richard Hollis, designer, writer and teacher.
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Communicating with Le Corbusier
Thu 30 Apr 2009
Eva Jiricna, principal of Eva Jiricna Architects and Nicholas Fox Weber, author of ‘Le Corbusier: A Life’, consider Le Corbusier’s correspondence and conversations. With an introduction by Irena Murray, Sir Banister Fletcher Director, RIBA British Architectural Library.
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Le Corbusier and the Philips Pavilion
Thu 23 Apr 2009
Marc Treib explores the history and legacy of the Philips Pavilion as well as the significance of Le Corbusier’s collaborations with Edgard Varèse and Iannis Xenakis.
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The Barbican Debate
Ethics in Architecture: The Corbusian Legacy
Thu 9 Apr 2009
An unparalleled opportunity to hear five of the world’s leading architects and thinkers discuss crucial issues surrounding the architecture of our time. The first in a series of annual events, this debate looks at Le Corbusier’s influential yet controversial legacy as its point of departure. Razia Iqbal, Arts Correspondent, BBC News, chairs a discussion that centres around the fundamental question ‘Can good design change the world?’ With Charles Jencks, Winy Maas, Cameron Sinclair and Sean Griffiths.
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The Chandigarh Catalogue
Thu 2 Apr 2009
Documenting the city built according to Le Corbusier’s great masterplan, The Chandigarh Catalogue offers an intimate insight into the everyday life of the modernist city. Initiators of the project Patsy Craig and Jonathan Nicholls are joined by Sunand Prasad, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, to discuss the enduring legacy of Le Corbusier’s work in Chandigarh.
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City Planning for the 21st Century
Thu 26 Mar 2009
What makes a successful city? From Le Corbusier’s ideas for city planning to leading players today, listen to the debate with Joseph Rykwert.
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Le Corbusier – A Post Modernist at Work
Thu 19 Mar 2009
Alan Powers takes a series of case studies to demonstrate Le Corbusier's development as a creative thinker and his use of drawing as a way of exploring form.
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Vers une Architecture
Thu 12 Mar 2009
Flora Samuel gives an insightful interpretation of Le Corbusier’s perspective on domesticity, mediation and femininity.
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The Mentor : Working alongside Le Corbuiser with Paffard Keatinge-Clay
Sat 7 Mar 2009
Part of A Day in the Life of Le Corbusier
Join architect Paffard Keatinge-Clay as he recalls the time he spent in Paris working in Le Corbusier’s studio in the late 1940s.
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Architecture and Mathematics
Thu 5 Mar 2009
Marcus du Sautoy and Sir Peter Cook discuss how mathematics is key to architectural structure and form.
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The Lyricism of Architecture in the Machine Age
Thu 26 Feb 2009
Jean-Louis Cohen explores Le Corbusier’s unique and complex body of works which spanned six decades of the 20th century and coincided with unprecedented technological developments.
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Autiobiographical Interiors and Objects
Thu 19 Feb 2009
Arthur Rüegg talks about Le Corbusier’s interiors and how he collected, displayed and drew inspiration from the vernacular, industrial and art objects that formed the basis of his personal collection.
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