Terry Farrell (Architectural Monographs No 9) [Hardcover]

Frank Russell (Editor), Terry Farrell (Contributor), Colin Amery (Contributor), Charles Jencks (Contributor)

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• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Academy Editions / St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (October 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0856708429
• ISBN-13: 978-0856708428
• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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5.0 out of 5 stars 28 projects well illustrated in color, January 9, 2009

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Eugene Tenenbaum "reluctant reader" (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Terry Farrell (Architectural Monographs No 9) (Paperback)

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