"Terry Farrell was a British architect and urban designer, here photographed at his home in London a converted factory that originally housed his architectural practice Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer In 1965, he set up in practice with his longtime friend Nicholas Grimshaw. During the next 15 years they had some notable successes but progressively their interests diverged. Farrell and Grimshaw's Herman Miller Factory in Bath, completed in 1976, was a landmark of British hi-tech architecture Photograph: Nicholas Grimshaw Architects"
"In 1980, he founded his own company, Terry Farrell & Partners, and had early success as a forerunner in the postmodern movement with buildings such as the TV-am studios by Camden Lock, London. As a reference to the breakfast television filmed there, the building is topped with a dozen eggcups Photograph: Richard Bryant Embankment Place, City of Westminster, London, 1990 Photograph: Heritage Images/Getty Images The Secret Intelligence Service (or MI6) building, Vauxhall Cross, London."
Terry Farrell was a British architect and urban designer who began practice with Nicholas Grimshaw in 1965. The partnership produced notable projects over 15 years including the Herman Miller Factory in Bath (1976) and 125 Park Road, Regent's Park (1970). Farrell founded Terry Farrell & Partners in 1980 and emerged as a postmodern forerunner with the TV-am studios at Camden Lock and the Alban Gate office development (125 London Wall). Major commissions included Embankment Place and the MI6 building at Vauxhall Cross. Farrell expanded into east Asia during the 1990s, delivering projects such as Hong Kong's Peak Tower, West Kowloon station, Guangzhou South station, and Shenzhen's KK100.
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