Farrell: what now?

摘要

At the launch last month of his Farrell Review, Sir Terry Farrell said that when he had been asking for advice on how to make a review stick he was advised that he would have to turn himself into a 'raving nutter'. His government-commissioned report calls for a clutch of fundamental changes: revolutionary change in the culture of planning, education for a more representative profession, the appointment of a chief architect to connect disparate departments, policies and industry itself, the launch of 'urban rooms' to help understand the environment (past, present and future) and a more wide ranging role for design reviews.