Centrally located lecture hall building with a fortress-like exterior in exposed concrete. Four towers with closed façades—which house elevators and staircases—and four more open sections in between with windows to the lecture halls form the characteristic asterisk shape of the large building. The façade sections facing the lecture halls are broken up by a more delicate design. This is achieved through thin concrete canopies that shade the rows of windows and from which brise soleils protrude in the form of concrete fins.

Farish Hall is due to be demolished in 2025. The university plans to create green spaces, meeting areas and planting in the large vacated space. Farish Hall has long had problems related to deferred maintenance and has long been considered an eyesore. The building's neglect, however, is at odds with the nearby limestone Art Deco buildings that have been restored. Not only is Farish Hall now one of the few buildings with original brutalist architecture on the UH campus, but its demolition is questionable from a sustainability perspective.

The demolition date has not yet been set, but the process is expected to begin late next year after the College of Education moves into the renovated McElhinney Hall next door (last updated on October 11, 2024).