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BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Featured here are the London-based urban design projects of Terry Farrell. Each chapter presents a series of recent projects which have in common an indentifiable urban design theme, with an accompanying text detailing its history and urban context.
SYNOPSIS:
For Terry Farrell urban design should be based on a number of principles: a notion of continuum with the history and traditions of a specific area, a priority given to the pedestrian and the experience of the street and a desire to create new places with an identity to encourage the return of the diversity of traditional urban life. Each chapter of this illustrated book presents a series of recent projects which have in common an identifiable urban design theme with an accompanying text detailing its history and urban context. They include the City and Cheapside (with the Paternoster masterplan), the Barbican and London Wall, the River Thames, market halls, railway stations (including Charing Cross), large public institutions (the South Bank), London's natural landscape, parks, squares and open spaces, the private world and outer villages.
CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION 6
Ken Powell
CHAPTER ONE
THE CITY/CHEAPSIDE 12
Mansion House and Poultry 18
City of London 1984-1987
Paternoster Area, St. Paul's 24
City of London 1989-1992
CHAPTER TWO
THE CITY/LONDON WALL 34
Alban Gate 40
City of London 1986-1992
Moor House 50
City of London 1986-1991
CHAPTER THREE
THE RIVER THAMES 54
Vauxhall Cross 60
London Borough of Lambeth 1982-1992
East Greenwich 72
London Borough of Greenwich 1988
Brentford Dock 76
London Borough of Hounslow 1988
Hungerford Bridge 80
City of Westminster and London Borough of Lambeth
CHAPTER FOUR
MARKET HALLS 84
Tobacco Dock 92
London Borough of Tower Hamlets 1985-1990
Spitalfields Market 100
London Borough of Tower Hamlets 1991
CHAPTER FIVE
RAILWAY STATIONS AND RAILWAY LAND 106
Charing Cross 112
City of Westminster 1985-1990
King's Cross Railway Lands 126
London Boroughs of Camden and Islington 1987
CHAPTER SIX
LARGE INSTITUTIONS 134
South Bank Arts Centre 140
London Borough of Lambeth 1984-1992
Bloomsbury Hospitals 148
City of Westminster and London Borough of Camden 1988
CHAPTER SEVEN
GREEN LONDON: PARKS, SQUARES, GARDENS 154
Comyn Ching Triangle 160
London Borough of Camden 1978-1985
St John's Gardens 168
City of Westminster 1991-1992
CHAPTER EIGHT
THE PRIVATE WORLD 174
Crafts Council Gallery 178
City of Westminster 1980-1981
Lloyds Bank, Pall Mall 182
City of Westminster 1989-199 1
Carlton Gardens 190
City of Westminster 1988
Lombard Street 196
City of London 1991-1992
CHAPTER NINE
OUTER VILLAGES 204
Wimbledon Town Centre 210
London Borough of Merton 1987-1988
Chiswick Park 214
London Borough of Hounslow 1989-1992
CHAPTER TEN
LEARNING FROM LONDON 224
Masterplan and New Conference/Exhibition Centre 244
Lothian Road, Edinburgh 1989-1992
Masterplan for Mixed Uses 256
Brindleyplace, Birmingham 1990-1992
Mixed Use Renovation and Redevelopment Scheme 266
Grey Street, Newcastle 1991-1992
Masterplan for Mixed Uses 270
Quayside, Newcastle 1991-1992
Airport Staff and Administration Centre 274
Frankfurt Airport, Germany 1989
Masterplan for Mixed Uses 278
Quarry Hill, Leeds 1989-1992
Consulate and British Council Offices 288
Hong Kong 1992-
LIST OF BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS 298
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 300 ... Read more

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One of Britain's foremost architects, Terry Farrell has worked on high-profile projects in cities as diverse as Seattle, Hong Kong, Dubai, Lisbon, London and Seoul. His buildings include art galleries, exhibition spaces, and museums; commercial and retail developments; residences, factories, and transit stations. This book focuses on Farrell's work from the past ten years. Each chapter is devoted to a single city, and opens with a brief outline of the city's history. We learn how Farrell's diverse and dramatic buildings were developed, from earliest sketches and blueprints to final execution, and see each of them in the context of their unique urban setting. Filled with a wealth of illustrations, plans and sketches detailing each project, this collection offers tremendous insight into the architectural process, and into the ways in which the urban architect draws from and responds to his environment. ... Read more

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Title: London calling: introducing this special issue on London, Terry Farrell considers the dynamic, intricate and rapidly evolving nature of the metropolis and how propositions for urban planning must respond to its unique spirit of place.
Author: Terry Farrell
Publication: The Architectural Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 222Issue: 1327Page: 44(4)

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The architectural projects of Sir Terry Farrell and the impact they have had upon the face of Edinburgh are profiled in this book. Three types of projects are covered-urban master plans, public buildings, and the adaptation of existing civic structures. Farrell's designs show an open and inclusive approach to urban design that sets buildings and landscape into an ordered whole. Farrell acknowledges his debt to three major architects: Colin Rowe, Carlo Scarpa, and the contemporary American architect Frank Gehry. ... Read more

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As one of the world#146;s foremost urban designers, architect Terry Farrell has an acute awareness of the significance of place. Starting from his earliest years, as a child growing up in 1940s Manchester, Farrell#146;s imagination has been shaped and inspired by the many cities in which he has lived, visited and worked.

This is Farrell#146;s story, embracing four decades of observation of our built environment. Farrell#146;s anecdotes, recollections and musings take a nomadic journey through time and space. A walk down 1950s Broadway and along 1960s Charlotte Street; a visit to the Alhambra; tutorials with Louis Kahn in Pennsylvania; the significance of bungalows; continual round-the-world tours -- all are vibrantly related through words and pictures, many from Farrell#146;s personal photo collection.The book#146;s second section explores Farrell#146;s early projects, beginning with his student thesis, moving on to the Farrell/Grimshaw work and ending with Terry Farrell Partnership#146;s first schemes. Projects include the now listed Blackwall Tunnel Ventilation Towers and Park Road flats, the Student Hostel and Clifton Nurseries and housing and factory designs. Concluding the book are recollections from architects and critics casting an eye back over fifty years of design.This book is Terry Farrell#146;s strong statement for the humanizing of spaces and the need to nurture and protect the best of what the urban environment can offer. ... Read more

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Terry Farrell's plans for the full integration of London's Royal parks and palaces into the fabric of London in a positive and creative way. ... Read more

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Provides comprehensive documentation of deconstruction theory. ... Read more