Review: Cedric Price Works 1952–2003: A Forward-Minded Retrospective, by Samantha Hardingham, The City and the Architecture of Change: The Radical Projects and Visions of Cedric Price, by Tanja Herdt

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Book Review| March 01 2018 Review: Cedric Price Works 1952–2003: A Forward-Minded Retrospective, by Samantha Hardingham, The City and the Architecture of Change: The Radical Projects and Visions of Cedric Price, by Tanja Herdt Samantha HardinghamCedric Price Works 1952–2003: A Forward-Minded RetrospectiveLondon: Architectural Association/Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2016, 2 vols., 912 and 512 pp., 1,255 illus. $250 (cloth, vol. 1; paper, vol. 2), ISBN 9781907896439Tanja HerdtThe City and the Architecture of Change: The Radical Projects and Visions of Cedric PriceZurich: Park Books, 2017, 206 pp., 91 color and 9 b/w illus. $34.82 (paper), ISBN 9783038600459 Jim Njoo Jim Njoo ENSA Paris-La Villette Delft University of Technology Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2018) 77 (1): 102–105. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2018.77.1.102 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Jim Njoo; Review: Cedric Price Works 1952–2003: A Forward-Minded Retrospective, by Samantha Hardingham, The City and the Architecture of Change: The Radical Projects and Visions of Cedric Price, by Tanja Herdt. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 March 2018; 77 (1): 102–105. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2018.77.1.102 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search The life and work of the English architect Cedric Price (1934–2003) remain something of an enigma in the history of postwar architectural culture in Britain and abroad. Although few of Price's projects were ever built, the enduring influence of his ideas and design philosophy has secured him a unique cult status as a radical architect and intellectual who persistently questioned architecture's role in society and the limits of his profession. He is most often celebrated for his seminal work of the 1960s, frequently with reference to his two most “iconic” projects, the Fun Palace and the Potteries Thinkbelt, but the wider scope of Price's oeuvre—which spans more than four decades and includes an important body of writings, lectures, and teaching experiments—remains largely unexplored. Two recent publications have made important steps toward remedying this situation. The more comprehensive of the two is Samantha Hardingham's meticulously researched and beautifully written chronological account... You do not currently have access to this content.