Roger D'Astous

Roger D'Astous

#An epic journey with a modern architecture giant.


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1h 44m 2016 HD

A documentary about montreal architect Roger D'astous, who battled all his life to create a nordic architecture. Starchitect in the 60s, this Frank L. Wright student then fell from grace before rising again at the dawn of the century.


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