Paris--Revelations that one of the world's most famous modern architects, Le Corbusier, was a "fascist" with links to France's WWII collaborationist Vichy regime have been published just ahead of a major Paris exhibition of his work.
The disclosures made in two new books about Le Corbusier confirmed previous, less-categoric assertions and threaten to mar his legacy in a year in which France commemorates the 50th anniversary of his death.
Admirers of the architect, who pioneered the construction of utilitarian concrete buildings including a housing project in Marseille called La Cite Radieuse, have expressed shock.
Paris's Pompidou Centre, which is to open a three-month long exhibition dedicated to Le Corbusier on April 29, has come in for allegations of whitewashing his image by omitting references to the controversy.
AFP
