Cedric Price

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Cedric Price: Think the Unthinkable

Open daily, 10am-7pm until 2nd March

Bartlett School of Architecture, Wates House, 22 Gordon Street London WC1H 0QB

Exhibition website: http://ads.org.uk/ms/access/cedric/index.html

Cedric Price (1934-2003) was an architect who built almost nothing, yet his theories, his teaching, and above all his visions of an alternative society enabled by transient communications technology, have shaped the development of architecture since the 1960s. This exhibition presents Cedric Price’s two most influential schemes of the 1960s. The first is the Fun Palace, a project proposed by Price and radical theatre-director Joan Littlewood as an alternative to the civic theatres, cinemas and recreation centres of the 1950s and 1960s.

The second is Price’s Potteries Thinkbelt, a project which challenged the thinking behind the New Universities which were being built to increase access to higher education in the 1960s. This exhibition puts each of the projects in its historical context, and explains them in Price’s own words and those of his contemporaries.

The exhibition features a series of steel models of the Thinkbelt scheme, as well as film of Price discussing his architecture, and illustrations from his archive in Canada.

The exhibition is curated by Barnabas Calder, University of Strathclyde Department of Architecture, designed by NORD Architects, with graphic design by Graphical House. The exhibition was produced by Architecture + Design Scotland and brought to London by the Bartlett School of Architecture.

London Festival of Architecture

The London Festival of Architecture will take place from the 19th June-4th July and its 2010 theme is to celebrate the city and its architecture.

Events include installations and exhibitions showcasing international architecture student's work, alongside exhibits exploring the architectural landscape looking forwards to 2012 and Olympic developments.

Via infoLinX why not use the Avery Index to Architectural periodicals to research developments in the architectural landscape for example enhancing public spaces in London, particularly with the regeneration of Battersea/Nine Elms in preparation for the Olympics 2012.

Ecobuild

Register for a free ivitation to the ecobuild exhibition from the 2nd-4th March, a significant event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment.

A sneek preview of 'The Nottingham house' featured as an attraction at ecobuild, an energy efficient, carbon solar powered house.

V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership

The V&A and RIBA Architecture Partnership is the name given to the initiative of the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Royal Institute of British Architects to promote the understanding and enjoyment of architecture.

Together the V&A and the RIBA have opened the UK's first permanent architecture gallery and new study rooms at the V&A.

The Partnership brings together the RIBA's drawings and archives collections and the V&A's collections of architectural drawings and photographs at one location - the V&A in London. It also brings together the expertise of each institution in an exciting new programme of temporary exhibitions at the V&A, at the RIBA, and on tour.

There is a whole host of architectural resources available including some online workshops which look at exploring collections and themes in architecture - all are freely and publicly accessible.

RIBA events, talks and exhibitions in February

Keep up to date with a series of events, talks and exhibitions this month at the RIBA.

Highlights include the 'Emerging Architecture' exhibition and accompanying talk with Jose Maria Sanchez Garcia, Estudio de Architecture & Matharoo Associates - bookings are accepted by members and non members of RIBA.