Sir Terry Farrell obituary

The Guardian 1 min read 2 hours ago

<p>Influential postmodern British architect best known for the MI6 building on the Thames</p><p>Terry Farrell, who has died aged 87, was arguably the most influential and prolific of the architects associated with the British postmodern movement.</p><p>At the start of his private practice in 1965 he worked in partnership with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/17/sir-nicholas-grimshaw-obituary">Nicholas Grimshaw</a>, and a few years later he seemed destined to join <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/19/richard-rogers-lord-rogers-obituary">Richard Rogers</a> and Norman Foster as a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/18/superstructure-hi-tech-architecture-1960-1990-sainsbury-centre-for-visual-arts-uea-norman-foster">“high-tech”</a> pioneer, the first movement in British architecture to achieve worldwide recognition since the arts and crafts designers of the late 19th century.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/30/sir-terry-farrell-obituary">Continue reading...</a>
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