Architect Terry Farrell: ‘Conservation is a mind thing’

The man behind MI6 headquarters in London and TV-am’s egg cups has long sought to repurpose buildings and connect with the public – goals now embodied in a new centre in his home town of NewcastleThere have always been two sides to Terry Farrell. On the one hand he likes to stand up for the ordinary citizen, to back community groups and conservationists against arrogant planners and architects, to protect old buildings from demolition, to take it to the man. On the other, he himself