In Bat-Hat, our project for Battersea Power Station, we have divested the existing building of all that froze the immediate site, leaving only that which is considered important – its height and familiar profile.
Excerpted from Cedric Price, Works II (London: Architectural Association, 1984), p.90.
Cedric Price (1934–2003), Battersea Power Station, c.1990. Red pen and coloured crayon on sketchbook sheet, 203 × 253 mm. DMC 1092.Battersea Power Station during redevelopment, 2019.
Battersea Redevelopment
In Bat-Hat, our project for Battersea Power Station, we have divested the existing building of all that froze the immediate site, leaving only that which is considered important – its height and familiar profile.
Excerpted from Cedric Price, Works II (London: Architectural Association, 1984), p.90.
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Cedric Price
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