Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry talk Chandigarh

This is a quite incredible film. A lecture given by Jane Drew to the AA in 1983 on her work at the Indian city of Chandigarh with her partner, Maxwell Fry. Fry is there too, but until the Q&A session at the end of the film is a very brief presence.



It's hard not to be immediately charmed by the indomimatable force of Jane Drew and her drily witty partner. It's full of incredible quotes and sideswipes, my favourite being Fry on their battles with Le Corbusier.

'I had to fight him [Le Corbus...