Terry Farrell (architect)

Sir Terry Farrell
Sir Terry Farrell
Born
Terence Farrell

(1938-05-12) 12 May 1938 (age 86)
Sale, Cheshire, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
Children5
PracticeFarrells
BuildingsKK100
The MI6 building
Charing Cross station
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
M+
Incheon International Airport
Beijing South railway station
The Home Office building
Peak Tower
WebsiteOfficial website
Charing Cross station in London, 1990
The MI6 Building in London, 1994
The Peak Tower in Hong Kong, 1995
Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Edinburgh, 1995
The Deep Aquarium in Hull, 2002
Beijing South railway station in Beijing, 2008
KK100 in Shenzhen, 2011

Sir Terence Farrell CBE FRIBA FRSA FCSD MRTPI (born 12 May 1938), known as Terry Farrell, is a British architect and urban designer. In 1980, after working for 15 years in partnership with Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Farrell founded his own firm, Farrells. He established his reputation with three completed projects in London in the late 1980s: Embankment Place, 125 London Wall aka Alban Gate and SIS Building aka Vauxhall Cross.[1]

He garnered a strong reputation for contextual urban design schemes, as well as exuberant works of postmodernism such as the MI6 Building. In 1991, his practice expanded internationally, opening an office in Hong Kong. In Asia his firm designed KK100 in Shenzhen, the tallest building ever designed by a British architect, as well as Guangzhou South railway station, once the largest railway station in Asia.

At the 2013 invitation of Ed Vaizey, the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, his firm commenced the Farrell Review of Architecture and the Built Environment, intended to offer expert guidance on the direction of British architecture.[2]

  1. ^ "Terry Farrell and Partners". Resource for Urban Design Information. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  2. ^ "The Farrell Review". Farrells. Retrieved 16 February 2015.