"His death follows that of his early collaborator Nicholas Grimshaw, with whom he founded the Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership in 1965. Together they produced functionalist, modern buildings defined by their structural clarity, before Farrell established his independent voice as one of the leading figures of British Post-Modernism, designing some of the movement's most recognisable works, including London's MI6 Building and the TV-am studios in Camden."
"In 1980, he founded Terry Farrell & Partners (later Farrells) and quickly gained prominence as a forerunner of the Post-Modern movement in Britain. Projects such as the TV-am Breakfast Television Centre (1983), Embankment Place (1990), and Vauxhall Cross (1994), the latter known internationally as the headquarters of MI6, combined humour and symbolism with a respectful approach to urban context. His practice would later expand internationally, delivering large-scale projects such as Beijing South Railway Station and KK100 in Shenzhen."
Sir Terry Farrell was born in 1938 in Sale, Cheshire and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne. He studied architecture at Newcastle University and completed a Master's in Urban Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked for the London County Council, co-founded the Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership in 1965, and founded Terry Farrell & Partners in 1980. He became a leading British Post‑Modern architect with projects such as the TV-am Centre, Embankment Place and Vauxhall Cross (MI6). He advocated contextual, community-driven urban design, reuse over demolition, and later delivered major international projects including Beijing South and KK100.
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