Falkingham's wife Nicole, who he started dating in 2003, was found dead from hypothermia in January 2013 after a night out with friends.
[1][3] In 1993 Falkingham co-founded the property development company Urban Splash, of which he is the chief executive.
[1] The company specialises in converting redundant industrial buildings into city centre residential apartments.
Falkingham's renovation of his own home, a 17th-century sandstone farmhouse in Allerton near Liverpool, won a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Excellence Award in 2005[1][2] and was shortlisted for the Manser Medal.
[5] In the Queen's Birthday Honours 2013 Falkingham was appointed a Member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to architecture and regeneration.