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August 19, 2003
Cedric Price, a visionary architect
and well-known breaker of rules, died last Sunday, August
10. He was 68. Price was best known for his theoretical projects,
which challenged the limits of architectural thinking and
space.
Most of his well-known works were from
the 1960s and were never built. Designs such as Joan Littlewood's
Fun Palace, the Potteries Thinkbelt and Nonplan were examples
of Price’s explorations of architecture's potential for
change, which he also explored with copious critical observations.
The one building he did complete was the aviary at the London
Zoo, an aluminum “net” structure completed in 1964.
Sam Lubell
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