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 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.
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