{"id":570,"date":"2025-09-29T10:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:10:43","slug":"maverick-and-non-conformist-architect-terry-farrell-dies-aged-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scientificmediagroup.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/maverick-and-non-conformist-architect-terry-farrell-dies-aged-87\/","title":{"rendered":"“Maverick and non-conformist” architect Terry Farrell dies aged 87"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Architect Terry Farrell<\/a>, best-known for the postmodern MI6 and TV-am buildings, along with his high-tech collaborations with the late Nicholas Grimshaw<\/a>, has passed away at the age of 87.<\/span><\/p>\n

Farrell passed away yesterday, according to an announcement by his London studio, Farrells<\/a>, this morning.<\/p>\n

“It is with deep sadness that, on behalf of his family, the partners and practice of Farrells acknowledge the death of our founder, Sir Terry Farrell,” the studio wrote on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Terry Farrell designed the TV-am studios in London. Photo by Stacey Harris via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Terry was frequently called a maverick and a non-conformist, which he relished,” the studio continued. “He was an architect who was never quite part of the ‘club’.”<\/p>\n

“He will be remembered as the UK’s leading architect planner whose enduring commitment to urbanism has helped shape government policy on key built environment issues.”<\/p>\n

The news of Farrell’s death follows the passing of his long-term collaborator Grimshaw<\/a> earlier this month at the age of 85.<\/p>\n

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The architect is also known for Vauxhall’s MI6 building. Photo by Mark Ahsmann via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Farrell was born in Cheshire in 1938 and graduated with a degree in architecture from the Newcastle University School in 1961, before going on to obtain a master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Farrell moved to London in 1965 to form his celebrated partnership with Grimshaw \u2013 the Farrell\/Grimshaw Partnership \u2013 where they shared a studio with experimental British architecture collective Archigram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During this time, the studio created the iconic high-tech Herman Miller Factory in Bath<\/a> and the 125 Park Road residential building in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Farrell\/Grimshaw Partnership created the high-tech Herman Miller Factory in Bath. Photo by Jo Reid and John Peck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1980, Farrell and Grimshaw went their separate ways, with Farrell establishing his own firm, Terry Farrell & Partners, known today as Farrells.<\/p>\n

Among his studio’s most notable projects is the ziggurat MI6 headquarters building in Vauxhall and his 441-metre-tall KK100 skyscraper in Shenzhen<\/a>, which is the tallest building designed by a British architect.<\/p>\n

His other key projects include the TV-am studios, or Breakfast Television Centre, in Camden Town, the Charing Cross Station redesign and the redevelopment of the Comyn Ching Triangle city block in Covent Garden.<\/p>\n