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Re:CP / by Cedric Price ; edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist ; with contributions by Arata Isozaki, Patrick Keiller and Rem Koolhaas.

By: Price, Cedric [author].
Contributor(s): Obrist, Hans-Ulrich [editor] | Isozaki, Arata [writer of added commentary] | Keiller, Patrick [writer of added commentary] | Koolhaas, Rem [writer of introduction].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Basel : Birkhäuser, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 185 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 3764366362 (paperback); 9783764366360 (paperback).Subject(s): Price, Cedric | Architecture -- Great Britain -- 20th century | Architecture, ModernDDC classification: 720.92 PRI
Contents:
Introduction -- Price cuts -- Erasing architecture into the system -- Interview with Cedric Price -- Snacks -- London-Rochester-London -- Sites of production and consumption.
Summary: "Cedric Price believes that cooking is a good model for architecture, where ideas can be tested - and given immediate user feedback - within a single sitting. In 'Re:CP', Price has collected some of his favourite architectural 'recipes', drawn from his experiences of working on his own projects, as well as observations on work by others. Packed with previously unpublished drawings and proposals, this book demonstrates why Cedric Price's ideas have had a profound influence on international architecture for forty years - and why today his work is as influential as ever" - back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Cork Centre Architectural Education Lending 720.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00165299
General Lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 720.92 PRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00232007
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

-Seit 40 Jahren ist der britische Architekt Cedric Price einer der witzigsten Provokateure seines Berufstandes er notigt uns, mit frischem und vorurteilslosem Blick auf die Architektur zu schauen-. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal"

"Best before 1 May 2006 (by this date the author may have changed his mind)"-- cover.

Introduction -- Price cuts -- Erasing architecture into the system -- Interview with Cedric Price -- Snacks -- London-Rochester-London -- Sites of production and consumption.

"Cedric Price believes that cooking is a good model for architecture, where ideas can be tested - and given immediate user feedback - within a single sitting. In 'Re:CP', Price has collected some of his favourite architectural 'recipes', drawn from his experiences of working on his own projects, as well as observations on work by others.
Packed with previously unpublished drawings and proposals, this book demonstrates why Cedric Price's ideas have had a profound influence on international architecture for forty years - and why today his work is as influential as ever" - back cover.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 6)
  • The Invisible Sandwich (p. 11)
  • Price Cuts (p. 14)
  • Erasing Architecture into the System (p. 25)
  • Interview with Cedric Price
  • Part 1 Cities (p. 53)
  • Part 2 Museums (p. 63)
  • Part 3 Cybernetics (p. 69)
  • Part 4 Barcelona (p. 76)
  • 73 Snacks (p. 85)
  • London--Rochester--London (p. 169)
  • Sites of Production and Consumption (p. 192)

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