Biography

Date: between 1967 and 1978

My interest in this area of research began in August 1967 when I received a copy of Architectural Design featuring Cedric Price’s Potteries Thinkbelt. It continued until eventually I wrote to Cedric on 15 October 1977 asking for his help and enclosing my early bibliography. I received a letter dated 8 November 1977 saying that:—

…(Cedric) has noted your interest. As it is so wide he thinks you should concentrate rather on aims than objects and then investigate the validity of the resulting objects.

[… ] perhaps you could telephone and arrange to meet.

Thus my engagement with this area of research began at our meeting on 10 January 1978 when we discussed various starting points – see slides:—