Overview

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.

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Author:   Robert Maxwell ,  Sir Terry Farrell
Publisher:   Right Angle Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Right Angle Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9780953284801

ISBN 10:   0953284808
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   17 August 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Robert Maxwell, Cities in the making; Terry Farrell, Whistling the tune - an inclusive view of architecture; Nic Sampson, Learning through drawing; National Aquarium, London; Dean Centre, Edinburgh; Northumberland Cross; Sheraton Health Club, Edinburgh; Headquarters building, Korea; International Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne; Castlegate, York; Three Quays, London; Samsung headquarters, London; Blue Circle, Kent; Kowloon Ventilation Building, Hong Kong; Mayfair Place, London; Retail and Clinic Buildings, Seoul; Moor House, London; Integrated Transportation centre, Seoul; Computer Laboratory, Cambridge; Maritime Square, Singapore.

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