Corbusier's Society of Modernists

The rise and fall of the International Congress of Modern Architects and what all they achieved in almost three decades of existence.

In 1933, a ship was traveling across the Mediterranean. Its destination? Athens. On this ship were some of the most powerful architects in Europe, and they had gathered there to change Architecture & Urban Design across the continent. This elite group of architects dictated how design should be practiced in the 20th century. They are the reason we have minimum standards for the design of homes. And they also created the holy grail of urbanism, one that would define the architecture & planning of industrial cities for years to come. So why have you never heard of them? It might be because this group was riddled with politics, power plays and acts of persuasion, and in the end, it became its own undoing. This is the story of how a group of designers came together to change the world, and guess what they did, but was it for the better? Never before had the world seen such a powerful group of architects, and maybe nothing parallels it even to this day. But was it all a facade, maybe one that became evident on that Ship. Today on Blessedarch we are looking at the history of the one of the most powerful groups of designers, this is the story of the International Congresses of Modern Architects.

0:00 - Introduction
01:36 - Chapter 1
06:01 - Chapter 2
10:54 - Chapter 3
14:37 - Chapter 4
18:30 - Chapter 5
22:38 - Chapter 6
27:13 - Chapter 7

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