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in 2009, Bayley mocked the Prince's circle of architectural advisers as "a coterie of fogeyish misfits, dreamers, forelock-tugging courtiers, DIY specialists, greasy pole-climbers short-sighted antiquarians", reserving particular scorn for Terry, "a specialist in architectural pastiche modesty and
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architectural styles. The firm, Quinlan Terry Architects LLP, continues the architectural style of the practice started by Raymond Erith in 1928, and specialises in high quality traditional building, mostly in classical idioms. The practice is based in Dedham, Essex, and employs a staff of twelve. A
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The first work by Raymond Erith in which Quinlan Terry had a major role was the new house, Kings Waldenbury, Hertfordshire, completed for the Pilkington family in 1971, when new building in a classical manner was deeply unfashionable with the architectural establishment (though it was more popular
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Quinlan Terry is the single most distinguished and prolific architect at work in the Classical tradition in either Britain or the United States. He has attempted more completely than any other architect in Britain to pull the rug from beneath the false certainties of
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with the general public). During the three-year construction period of the house, Terry kept a diary, published later, in which he bemoaned the modern world and stoically defended his conservative, reformed, evangelical faith.
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Quinlan Terry continues to practise full time with partners Roger Barrell and Eric Cartwright under the name Quinlan Terry Architects LLP.
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is among those who have attacked the close relationship between Terry and the Prince of Wales. In a column in
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in the late 18th century, featuring a central staircase lit from above, surrounded by rooms on both floors.
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courtiers surrounding a new royal palace. Terry's three new villas have near-identical plans, based on
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and makes little or no attempt to be in keeping with the older building. Terry's new work has a
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The Practice of Classical Architecture: The Architecture of Quinlan and Francis Terry, 2005–2015
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Conversely, Terry has been the subject of considerable criticism. A 2015 article in the
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His works in the US include the Abercrombie Residence, a classical mansion based on
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In 2003 Terry won the Best Modern Classical House 2003, awarded by the British
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Terry designed the external envelope of New Margaret Thatcher Infirmary at the
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A Classical Adventure: The Architectural History of Downing College, Cambridge
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A Classical Adventure: The Architectural History of Downing College, Cambridge
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approached by an external staircase, it has a pediment supported by
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theology, in tune with its current firmly evangelical congregation.
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10 Downing Street, London, England. (1980’s interior refurbishment)
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Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture
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article "Hail Quinlan Terry: our greatest living architect".
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book about the firm's work, written by David Watkin, entitled
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stripped-back meeting house plan informed by the precepts of
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in Essex. This is a radical extension of a 19th-century
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Radical Classicism: The Architecture of Quinlan Terry
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who called it "one long breath of fresh air" in his
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In the mid-1990s, Terry designed the restoration of
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Index

CBE

Hampstead, London
England
Architect

Downing College
Cambridge
CBE
Bryanston School
Architectural Association School of Architecture
Raymond Erith
New Classical architecture
King Charles III

Brentwood Cathedral

Richmond Riverside
Palladian
Downing College
Cambridge
Building of the Year Award
Brentwood Cathedral
Roman Catholic
Gothic revival
English Baroque
James Gibbs
Thomas Archer
portico
St Paul's Cathedral

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