London is a world leader in many industries from fashion and photography to design and culinary arts, setting trends and further extending her central influence. For this reason one of London’s most renowned daily newspapers, the Evening Standard, selects and highlights London’s one thousand most influential people. Famous architect Terry Farrell is the highest ranking architect to grace the category of property for his immense involvement in the development of London’s urban spaces. Possibly one of the most famous architects of our time, some of his greatest achievements include the M16 headquarters for the British Secret Intelligence Service in Vauxhall and the Charing Cross redevelopment. At the moment he is working on the mammoth architectural project to regenerate over seventy acres in Earls Court. This famous British architect is the shaper of London’s urban planning and thus a top influential in the property sector.
Early Life
This famous English architect was born in the unassuming town of Sale, then part of Cheshire, in 1938. After high school he enrolled at Newcastle University, where he completed his undergraduate degree, which was followed by a Masters in urban planning at Pennsylvania Universiy. Farrell moved to London in 1965 where his career really started to pick up with his partnership with Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, another famous UK architect. His most famous early works include the TV-am headquarters (now MTV Europe), which highlighting his distinct postmodern style, as well as the Comyn Ching Triangle redevelopment in Covent Garden.
Later Works
In 1980 he established his own company, Terry Farrell and Partners under which he completed many regeneration projects in London as well as the United Kingdom. Underpinning all of these projects is his acute understanding of London’s organic development. His argument is that London has developed in a more unplanned or organic way as opposed to following a master development plan like cities such as Paris. Unlike most architects who attempt to tidy up the City with new ideas that are foreign to the City’s current existence, London’s famous architect works with this random and haphazard formation. He was also involved in many regeneration projects around the UK, including Newcastle, Edinburgh and Paddington, to name but a few. Hiw work is often in demand internationally; he developed Incheon airport in South Korea and Beijing South Railway Station, the biggest station in Asia. His most recent project is the regeneration of Earls Court, where he has proposed the building of ‘villages’ around the Tube stations and exhibition centre.
Winner of numerous awards such as the Civic Trust Award, RIBA National Award and British Council Award, advisor to the Mayor of London, and shaper of London’s urban Landscape, famous architect Terry Farrell truly deserves to be named a London influential.
Penny Munroe is an avid writer in property news from around the world and is based in the serviced offices Mayfair offers. She specialises in commercial property and offices for rent.