Living_with_modernism_Capel_Manor.mov

The assertion by Modernist architect Le Corbusier that houses are 'machines for living in' is hard for all but purists to accept. Most people view houses as homes and want the cosiness that Modernist properties, with their tautglass, steel and concrete forms, do not offer. Their rigid lines appear uncomfortable, austere and lacking the crucial frippery that cheers us up.

This is the view subscribed to by Presenter and Writer Simin Davies until he stayed in six Modernist homes to film a BBC series called Living with Modernism.

One was Capel Manor House in Horsmonden, Kent, a wonderful 2,000 foot steel-supported glass pavilion by Michael Manser and owned by TV entrepeneur Remy Blumenfeld. 'The idea that Modernist architecture has to destroy the great theories of light, geometry and proportion is nonsense, ' Manser, the former Riba president and fan of Palladio tells Presenter and pre-eminent expert on Modernism, Simon Davis in the last episode of the series first Broadcast in the UK on BBC-TV and produced by IWC media.

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Education

Tags:

• modernism;
• michael
• manser;
• remy
• blumenfeld;
• simon
• davis;
• Capel
• Manor
• House:
• Horsmonden;
• Modernism;

[Jonesy127]

This was a wonderful building - thanks for posting!