Farrell, Terry by Ken Powell
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.
Sir Terry Farrell is one of the world's foremost architects and urban planners. Through his imagination has been shaped and inspired by the many cities where he has lived and worked, it is London that he has become most closely associated with. During forty years in practice, Farrell has transformed London's skyline and animated the banks of the Thames with his Charing Cross Station and M16 headquarters buildings. It is, though, through his long-term involvement in London's urban planning - through specific projects, as well as through advocacy and initiating public debate - that Farrell has made his greatest contribution to this great metropolis. He is currently the government champion for the planning of the Thames Gateway Project and the Mayor's architecture and planning lead for the Outer London Commission. He also works with and for many London boroughs and for public and conservation agencies such as English Heritage.
'Britain's best known urban planner, - Evening Standard, 24 July 2009
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| ISBN 13 | 9781854901255 |
| ISBN 10 | 1854901257 |
| Title | Farrell, Terry |
| Author | Ken Powell |
| Series | Architectural Monographs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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