Cedric Price: Opera

Product Description Charting Works From 1984 To The Present This Bookfeatures Prices Original Drawings For Some 45 Projects, Many Of Which Are Annotated With Incisive Observations On The Subject Of Architecture And Its Impact On Human Beings And The Environment. Alongside Prices Own Writings The Book Includes Texts By Ten Invited Contributors From The Fields Of Architecture, Architectural History And Research, Theatre, Film And Politics, And Shorter Comments From Others (Including Will Alsop, Paul Hyett And Frei Otto) Whose Lives Have Been Touched By Price.Highly Influential And Imaginative Architect, Of Interest Both Within And Outside The Field Of Architecturecomprehensively Illustrated With Plans, Drawings And Photographsincludes Opinion From Other Architects, Architectural Writers, Politicians And Theatre And Film Professionals Review Wiley Has Done An Excellent Job With The Cedric Price Opera Bookbeautifully Presentedcongratulations All Round (Architects Journal, 22 May 2003) A Welcome New Booka Great Documentation Of His Drawings (Building Design, 23 May 2003)A Collection Of Recent Ideasa Rare Example Of Someone Who Can Design, Build, And Argue In Witty, Very English Writing (The Times, 8 July 2003)A Leading Light Of The Megastructure Movement Whose Work Was Guided By Amusing Inspirational Ideas (The Times, 22 August 2003)Last Honour Given To One Of The Most Interesting British Architects And Thinkersa Remarkable Selection Of His Unpublished Work (Building Engineer, August 2004)An Essential Antidote To Conformity Is The Work Of Price (Architects Journal, Dec 03) From The Inside Flap This Book Serves As A Sequel To The Recently Reprinted Cedric Price: The Square Book (Wileyacademy, 2003), First Published By The Architectural Association In 1984 To Document The Work Of Cedric Price Architects From The Time The Practice Was Established In 1960. Cedric Price: Opera Presents A Carefully Edited Selection Of Chiefly Unpublished Work Carried Out By The Office Between 1985 And 2002. Having Secured His Place As Arguably The Most Remarkable, Innovative, Visionary And Influential Architect Alive Today With Iconic Projects Such As The Fun Palace And Potteries Thinkbelt And Built Projects Such As London Zoos Aviary And The Interaction Centre, All Appearing In The First Book, Prices Thesis Of An Anticipatory Architecture Is Developed Here Through Projects That Are Wideranging In Scale, From Enigmatic Urban Plans For Strasbourg To Christmas Decorations In Oxford Street, London. All Demand That Society (Including Its Architects) Commit To Thinking The Unimaginable And Learn To Utilise Time As Its Most Treasured Design Tool.Price Tackles His Subject And Profession With A Wit That Can Only Come From A Seriousness Of Approach And Absolute Belief In And Fondness For Humans And Human Nature. He Says, It Is Vital To See Where Architecture Isnt Needed. Cedric Price: Opera Is About The Work And A Way Of Working Which Enthusiastically And Tirelessly Challenges Our Preconceptions Of What Is Commonly Known As Architecture. It May Be Used As A Reference Book Of Possibilities. Contributions From Colleagues Within And Outside Of The Profession Describe Aspects Of Prices Method, Serving To Illuminate The Continued And Future Relevance Of His Ideas. From The Back Cover This Book Serves As A Sequel To The Recently Reprinted Cedric Price: The Square Book (Wileyacademy, 2003), First Published By The Architectural Association In 1984 To Document The Work Of Cedric Price Architects From The Time The Practice Was Established In 1960. Cedric Price: Opera Presents A Carefully Edited Selection Of Chiefly Unpublished Work Carried Out By The Office Between 1985 And 2002. Having Secured His Place As Arguably The Most Remarkable, Innovative, Visionary And Influential Architect Alive Today With Iconic Projects Such As The Fun Palace And Potteries Thinkbelt And Built Projects Such As L