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- ↑ Kinnaird, Byron; Ashworth, Susie (1 November 2018). "In conversation with ... Flora Samuel". Parlour. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ Le Corbusier: Architect and Feminist, Journal of Design History, Vol. 18, Issue 2, Summer 2005.
- ↑ Simon Richards, Le Corbusier and the Architectural Promenade, Times Higher Education, 10 March 2011. Retrieved (online) 2012-03-03.
