The exhibition at The Architecture Foundation
The catalogue title page (see Resources for full document)
Cedric Price
Exhibition detail
The exhibition at The Architecture Foundation
Cedric Price
Magnet Seven: Arch, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Thurrock
A Cedric Price clock
An exhibit
The exhibition at The Architecture Foundation
Magnet was Cedric Price's latest project. It proposed ten short life structures for cities which would provide public amenities and stimulate new patterns of public movement. Demonstrating his ideas of 'anticipatory architecture,' the Magnets were designed as temporary, mobile, structural adjustments to the public realm.
The Magnets included Stairways, Promenade, Arcade and Pier. They would improve access, allow better views of the urban landscape and create new public spaces as well as increasing the use of existing spaces. The exhibition at The Architecture Foundation was designed by Price and afforded the first opportunity to look at his drawings and to guess at the possibilities that the Magnets might have provided.
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Supported by
The Arts Council of England
The Canadian Centre for Architecture
HC Slingsby
Advance Reprographics
Paul Hyett Architects
Greenhill Jenner Architects
Fletcher Priest Architects
John Lyall Architects
Edward Cullinan Architects
Frank Duffy
Christina Smith