ABSTRACT
This is another one Terry Farrell has his hands on and is a natural for his skills in attempting to lend a humane face to capitalism’s speculative offi ce developments — in fact, civilising the urban environment in general. With regard to the latter, for example, he has identifi ed ways of pushing the traffi c to the background and foregrounding pedestrian movements across this very busy highway that forms a northern boundary to the West End. If this can be achieved around the Tottenham Court Road / Euston Road junction the Regent’s Place development would be more integrated into the heart of the city and residents immediately to the north would fi nd their ‘islanding’ reduced. The same applies all along this stretch of road. At the time of writing Euston station is reporting ambitions to realise a commercial development on the scale of Canary Wharf. Barring a recession, it looks as if this route — and adjacent areas — is about to undergo massive change.
