Main entry:

Mathews, J. Stanley (James Stanley)

Title & Author:

From agit-prop to free space : the architecture of Cedric Price / Stanley Mathews.

Publication:

London : Black Dog Pub. Ltd., ©2007.

Description:

285 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
LW20070726.
RACQ20070719 AR.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-284) and index.
Cedric Price : the wisdom of the detachable collar -- Joan Littlewood : from agit-prop to the Fun Palace -- The beginnings of the Fun Palace -- 1964 : Lea Valley and Mill Meads -- The end of Fun Palace -- The Fun Palace : What went wrong? -- The Potteries Thinkbelt -- Conclusion : from agit-prop to free space.
Includes reproductions of CCA collection material; CCA mentioned in Acknowledgments.

Summary:

"Cedric Price proposed radically new concepts of architecture and redefined the ways in which the architect might enhance human life, extend human potential and promote social change. Price perceived architectural possibilities amidst the apparent cultural anarchy of post-war Britain where many pundits and social critics saw only the waning of an old order. Forsaking tradition, he dealt with variable structures, firmly believing in impermanent constructions designed for continual change; that architecture should "enable people to think the unthinkable"." "From Agit-Prop to Free Space: The Architecture of Cedric Price tells the story of Price's architecture, how his thinking expressed the changing character of life and society, and how his work has shaped architectural discourse today. It focuses specifically on two of Price's major unrealised works. The Fun Palace and The Potteries Thinkbelt. Not buildings in any conventional sense, these two projects were instead socially interactive machines, highly adaptable to the shifting conditions of their time and place." "From Agit-Prop to Free Space is the result of extensive research based on vast quantities of unpublished archive material, including letters, memos, notes, drawings and interviews. It paints a portrait of an architect who was a true radical, and who overturned conventional ideas of what architecture means, having a major impact on architecture across the world from Japanese Metabolism to High-Tech."--Jacket

ISBN:

9781904772521 (paperback)
1904772528 (paperback)

Subject:

Price, Cedric Criticism and interpretation.
Price, Cedric.
Price Cedric Criticism and interpretation.
Price, Cedric, 1934-2003 analys och tolkning.
Littlewood, Joan
Fun Palace (Project)
Potteries Thinkbelt (Project)
Architecture Great Britain 20th century.
Modern movement (Architecture) Great Britain.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne 20e siècle.
Mouvement moderne (Architecture) Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture
Modern movement (Architecture)
Arkitektur Storbritannien 1900-talet.
Great Britain
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Centre canadien d'architecture

Architecture of Cedric Price

Holdings:

Location: Library main 273333
Call No.: NA44.P9455.9 M3 2007
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 261765
Call No.: NA44.P9455.9 M3 2007
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available