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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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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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28 projects well illustrated in color
Architectural projects well illustrated by excellent photos in color and b&w; also plans, sections, elevations, hard line axonometric views, hand sketches of excellent quality, and short text descriptions. The theory and practice of one of Britain's leading architects and premier Post-Modernist with critical essays by Colin Amery and Charles Jencks and an assessment by the architect himself of the state of British Post-Modernism. Fully illustrated with 32 pages in color (including 4 gatefolds).
CONTENTS
7 Foreword
8 British Architecture After `Modernism' by Terry Farrell
18 Hedgehogs and Foxes by Terry Farrell
BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS
24 Hostel for Overseas Students
25 40 Co-Ownership Flats
25 Rehabilitation Study of 1,000 Older Council Owned Dwellings
26 The Colonnades
27 Factory Schemes
27 Housing Society Schemes
28 Clifton Nurseries Greenhouse Garden Centre and Shop
29 Clifton Nurseries Garden Shop and Public Park
36 Low Cost Timber Frame Housing
40 Urban Infill Factories
46 Architect's Own Offices
47 Crafts Council Gallery and Information Centre
52 Private House
56 Festival Exhibition Building
57 Alexandra Pavilion
60 Water Treatment Centre
66 Vauxhall Cross National Competition
68 Television Broadcasting Centre TV-am
76 BBC Radio Headquarters
82 Limehouse Television Studios
92 The Triangles. Mansion House
96 Mixed Development of an Historic Triangular Island Site
97 Two Adjoining Corner Office Buildings
98 Queen Street Banking Building
99 Banking Buildings
100 Clubhouse, Headquarters and Boat Store
101 Factory and Offices, London
102 Hammersmith Broadway
104 Pragmatic Art and Spatial Virtuosity by Colin Amery
107 Farrell Moves Towards Symbolism by Charles Jencks
113 Bibliography
114 Ust of Buildings & Projects
116 Acknowledgements ... Read more

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This work uses drawings, sketches and computer images to capture a moment in the life of one of the world's busiest - and most creative - architectural offices. For three decades a leading figure in UK architecture, Terry Farrell enjoys a worldwide reputation, with major architectural and urban design projects in the UK and Asia. Best known for his exuberant London buildings of the 1980s - notably TV-am, Embankment Place at Charing Cross and the MI6 building - Farrell has now moved into a freely expressive mode of design, with the emphasis on sensuous forms and accessible imagery, influenced by working much more overseas. This snapshot of work comprises evocative drawings, models and collages, ranging from first concepts through exploratory investigations to presentation images. By showing the way in which ideas are elaborated, explored and developed, it offers insight into the creative processes of the architect. In a trenchant personal essay, Terry Farrell sets out his artistic credo, presenting the city as man's greatest work of art and attacking the cult of the minimal.In a foreword Professor Robert Maxwell of Princeton University appraises and applauds Farrell's special contribution to the art of making cities. ... 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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Published in conjunction with the 'Lancashire Evening Post', a collection of photographs of Preston from the 19th century to the present day, with the emphasis being pre 1970. ... Read more

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A story designed to reinforce reading skills/enthusiasm for readers of seven and upwards who are already gaining in confidence, this book is available as part of the Red Storybook set (0-7500-1223-2) or individually subject to a minimum order value. There is a prior, Yellow Storybook set. ... Read more

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Chapters: Blackwall Tunnel, Sis Building, Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Blackwall Tunnel -The northern ventilation towers for the new Blackwall tunnel. (February 2006) Plaque at the northern entrance to the tunnelThe older western tunnel was designed by Sir Alexander Binnie and built by S. Pearson ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Theresa Lee "Terry" Farrell (born November 19, 1963) is an American actress and former fashion model. She is perhaps best known for her performances in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Becker. After 18 months of modeling, she studied acting with Kate McGregor Stewart while still modeling on the side. Her first major roles were in the short-lived 1983 television series Paper Dolls playing a model and in the feature film Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield. In the spring of 1989, she began studying acting with Stella Adler and appeared in a number of guest-starring roles in series like Quantum Leap and The Cosby Show. In 1992, she played Cat in a second pilot for a U.S. version of Red Dwarf, which was not picked up. Soon after the Red Dwarf USA project folded, she was offered a lead role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Farrell starred as Jadzia Dax, the space station's Starfleet science officer; a character from an alien species known as the Trill, who is host to a 300-year-old symbiont and can draw upon the memories and knowledge of the symbiont's six previous hosts. ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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29 projects in superb photos and tech. drawings; sufficient text.
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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:
6 INTRODUCTION by Ken Powell
12 CHAPTER ONE: THE CITY/CHEAPSIDE
18 Mansion House and Poultry - City of London 1984-1987
24 Paternoster Area, St. Paul's - City of London 1989-1992
34 CHAPTER TWO: THE CITY/LONDON WALL
40 Alban Gate - City of London 1986-1992
50 Moor House - City of London 1986-1991
54 CHAPTER THREE: THE RIVER THAMES
60 Vauxhall Cross - London Borough of Lambeth 1982-1992
72 East Greenwich - London Borough of Greenwich 1988
76 Brentford Dock - London Borough of Hounslow 1988
80 Hungerford Bridge - City of Westminster and London Borough of Lambeth
84 CHAPTER FOUR: MARKET HALLS
92 Tobacco Dock - London Borough of Tower Hamlets 1985-1990
100 Spitalfields Market - London Borough of Tower Hamlets 1991
106 CHAPTER FIVE: RAILWAY STATIONS AND RAILWAY LAND
112 Charing Cross - City of Westminster 1985-1990
126 King's Cross Railway Lands - London Boroughs of Camden and Islington 1987
134 CHAPTER SIX: LARGE INSTITUTIONS
140 South Bank Arts Centre - London Borough of Lambeth 1984-1992
148 Bloomsbury Hospitals - City of Westminster and London Borough of Camden 1988
154 CHAPTER SEVEN: GREEN LONDON - PARKS, SQUARES, GARDENS
160 Comyn Ching Triangle - London Borough of Camden 1978-1985
168 St John's Gardens - City of Westminster 1991-1992
174 CHAPTER EIGHT: THE PRIVATE WORLD
178 Crafts Council Gallery - City of Westminster 1980-1981
182 Lloyds Bank, Pall Mall - City of Westminster 1989-1991
190 Carlton Gardens - City of Westminster 1988
196 Lombard Street - City of London 1991-1992
204 CHAPTER NINE: OUTER VILLAGES
210 Wimbledon Town Centre - London Borough of Merton 1987-1988
214 Chiswick Park - London Borough of Hounslow 1989-1992
224 CHAPTER TEN: LEARNING FROM LONDON
244 Masterplan and New Conference/Exhibition Centre - Lothian Road, Edinburgh 1989-1992
256 Masterplan for Mixed Uses - Brindleyplace, Birmingham 1990-1992
266 Mixed Use Renovation and Redevelopment Scheme - Grey Street, Newcastle 1991-1992
270 Masterplan for Mixed Uses - Quayside, Newcastle 1991-1992
274 Airport Staff and Administration Centre - Frankfurt Airport, Germany 1989
278 Masterplan for Mixed Uses - Quarry Hill, Leeds 1989-1992
288 Consulate and British Council Offices - Hong Kong 1992-
298 LIST OF BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS
300 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ... 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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