Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

UK practice Heatherwick Studio is set to turn the 177-metre-high BT Tower in central London into a hotel , following its sale to American hotelier MCR Hotels. This is an extraordinary building and an amazing opportunity to bring it back to life," said Heatherwick Studio founder Thomas Heatherwick.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2024

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign , which reimagines "boring" versions of UK landmarks including The Tower of London and Edinburgh Castle. Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign creates "boring alter-egos" of UK landmarks "Did I wake up in the wrong multiverse today?"

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2023

UK practice Heatherwick Studio and Dutch studio Barcode Architects have revealed visuals of Oopen, a stacked cylindrical tower topped with landscaped terraces designed for Utrecht 's city centre. The post Heatherwick Studio and Barcode Architects unveil design for cylindrical faceted-glass tower appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The architect's sprezzatura is showing." Heatherwick made the comments in a three-part series on BBC Radio 4 called Building Soul with Thomas Heatherwick. "I Commenter BBOB agreed with Heatherwick's critique. They went on to say "most of my fellow architects don't know how to design a classical building.

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

Zaha Hadid Design , Heatherwick Studio and Foster + Partners were among the studios taking part in this year's Milan design week , with starchitecture product designs including a plastic-waste chair and mesh furniture. Its white seat, dotted with colourful spots, opens up on the sides to reveal a paint-spattered design. "In

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Deezen

OCTOBER 13, 2023

We revealed the 85 buildings shortlisted in the architecture categories , which included Studio House by William Samuels Architects (above) along with buildings by Zaha Hadid Architects, Olson Kundig and Open Architecture. I think we're living through a global 'blandemic' in building design," said Heatherwick. "I

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2022

Placing greenery and trees on buildings is not a passing fad, says designer Thomas Heatherwick in this exclusive interview. Speaking to Dezeen at the unveiling of the Tree of Trees sculpture outside Buckingham Palace, British designer Heatherwick defended the practice of integrating trees and planting into architecture.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the architecture category , 34 studios including AIM Architecture and Heatherwick Studio will battle for first place, with projects including a Tibetan museum (above, by And Studio), while the interiors shortlist of 28 studios features projects by FOG Architecture, UNStudio and more.

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2024

The Italian jewellery company also revealed a serpent-informed watch designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando. The Humanise campaign created "boring alter egos" of UK landmarks In the UK, Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign released a set of visualisations depicting "boring alter-egos" of UK landmarks.

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Deezen

JUNE 27, 2022

Victorian terrariums informed the design of the Glasshouse, a sculptural and kinetic greenhouse that Thomas Heatherwick 's studio has created on the historic Woolbeding Estate in England. Heatherwick Studio has created the Glasshouse on a historic estate in England. Project credits: Architect: Heatherwick Studio.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A new district in the heart of Tokyo designed by Heatherwick Studio has been opened by the Prime Minister of Japan. Heatherwick Studio is the lead architect of the public realm and the podium level architecture. As part of the development, Heatherwick Studio has designed its first school, The British School in Tokyo.

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Deezen

JANUARY 27, 2022

UK-based Heatherwick Studio has designed The Leaf multi-level pier for a site on the Han River near Seoul 's Olympic stadium. Heatherwick Studio has designed The Leaf for a site alongside the city's Olympic Stadium. Read: Little Island designed to create "the feeling of leaving Manhattan behind" says Thomas Heatherwick. "At

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Deezen

JUNE 9, 2022

The Tree of Trees installation for the Platinum Jubilee is just the latest project by British designer Thomas Heatherwick to trigger controversy. Trained as a designer rather than an architect, Heatherwick seems to attract disapproval no matter what he does. Image courtesy of Heatherwick Studio.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Read more about the 3D-printed basketball › Photo courtesy of New Balance April – New Balance trainer informed by Frank Lloyd Wright sketches In April, New Balance released a trainer that was loosely based on sketches by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for an unbuilt utopian city.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2024

Heatherwick Studio's Building Soulfulness exhibition and the inaugural edition of the Guangzhou Design Triennial are among the Chinese architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. A dedicated section introducing West Bund Orbit, the studio's newest project in Shanghai, is also on display.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

British designer Thomas Heatherwick has recently launched a book, radio series and campaign calling for more "humanised" architecture. In his book named Humanise , along with the Radio 4 series and recently launched initiative , Heatherwick takes aim at boring buildings. Thomas Heatherwick is campaigning to end boring buildings.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Read more about the 3D-printed basketball › Photo courtesy of New Balance April – New Balance trainer informed by Frank Lloyd Wright sketches In April, New Balance released a trainer that was loosely based on sketches by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for an unbuilt utopian city.

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Deezen

APRIL 6, 2022

British designer Thomas Heatherwick 's studio has revealed visuals of a performing arts centre planned for Hainan , China, that draws on the island's volcanic landscape and Hainanese opera costumes. The Hainan Performing Arts Centre was designed by Heatherwick Studio and will be built in Jiangdong.

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Deezen

JUNE 6, 2022

Heatherwick Studio has released images of its completed Tree of Trees sculpture outside Buckingham Palace in London , which formed part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Heatherwick Studio's Tree of Trees was erected outside Buckingham Palace. Read: Drone video showcases exterior of 1,000 Trees by Heatherwick Studio.

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Deezen

APRIL 27, 2022

British architect Norman Foster met Kharkiv's mayor Ihor Terekhov in Geneva to discuss the "rehabilitation of the city" following extensive damage suffered during the Russian invasion. "I Hiring Ukrainian architects to rebuild Ukraine would be nice," said Jacapo on the other hand. Ken Steffes agreed : "Good forward-thinking.

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The Spaces

APRIL 5, 2024

Starting on 12 April, the subways will be reconstructed in real-time, through a hybrid blend of 3D printing and building partnerships, into a platform for ideas by the next generation of researchers, curators, architects and designers. The founder, architect Andrea Caputo , has called this creative think-tank Dropcity.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Dezeen has announced the 34-strong architecture shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China , which includes buildings by Trace Architecture Office , AIM Architecture and Thomas Heatherwick. The shortlist also features an abandoned wooden home that was renovated with 3D-printed walls and the Dance of Light skyscraper by Aedas.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

This week on Dezeen , we showcased a house and restaurant designed by architect Junya Ishigami, which is hidden below ground level in Japan. The house, which was built by pouring concrete into holes in the ground, contains a home and restaurant for Japanese chef Motonori Hirata , who is an old friend of the architect.

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Deezen

JULY 18, 2023

Local studio LaRue Architects and interior designer Kelle Contine have renovated a home in the Rollingwood neighbourhood of Austin , adding a bedroom that cantilevers over the back terrace. LaRue Architects originally completed the home, called Rollingwood Modern after the location and style, in November 2015.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2022

This week on Dezeen, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels spoke about his housing startup Nabr and how it plans to address "systemic" failures of housing. Thomas Heatherwick unveils 1,000 Trees shopping centre in Shanghai. Architects should try to "leave the city more beautiful than when we entered" says Richard Rogers.

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Deezen

JUNE 30, 2023

Read: Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft named Editor of the Year at publishing awards The award acknowledged Dezeen's focus on creating more in-depth content including numerous interviews with designers and architects including Norman Foster, Iris van Herpen, Thomas Heatherwick and Balkrishna Doshi.

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e-architect

MAY 11, 2023

The stunning design of the new bridge will elevate it as a gateway to Silvertown’s exciting new piece of the city, and provide car-free access for all, establishing the Royal Docks as a pleasurable place to live, work and play.”

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2022

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features architects and designers who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable design. Architects and designers have a key role to play in reducing carbon emissions, pollution and waste. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now !

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 19, 2023

Heatherwick Studio and Harley-Davidson today announce plans to transform a central element of Harley-Davidson’s Headquarters in Milwaukee; Juneau Avenue campus, into a public park to benefit its employees and its hometown community. Throughout the project, Heatherwick will act as Design Guardian, collaborating with local firms.

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Brandon Donnelly

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Designer Thomas Heatherwick has a book coming out this week that is about how most buildings suck : Heatherwick’s reticence makes his latest work more surprising. And there are reasons why many of Heatherwick’s projects are “luxury” ones. And we should be more daring. There are markets.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 9, 2023

Heatherwick Studio has unveiled its latest project, a kinetic Glasshouse set on the edge of the National Trust’s Woolbeding Gardens, part of an historic estate in West Sussex. Photo © Hufton + Crow Thomas Heatherwick said: “This is a place and a project that literally unfolds.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Source by Heatherwick Studio. Instead, bay windows wrap the corner site to give human-scaled shops with divisible tenancies.

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Deezen

JUNE 10, 2022

Heatherwick told Dezeen that "trees aren't a novelty" . Following Thomas Heatherwick's unveiling of the Tree of Trees, which was created for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the designer discussed the importance of nature in cities in an exclusive interview with Dezeen. Aurea Technologies portable wind turbine.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2022

In this week's comments update , readers are analysing Heatherwick Studio's 1,000 Trees development and discussing other top stories. The first section of the plant-covered 1,000 Trees development, designed by British designer Thomas Heatherwick's studio, has opened in Shanghai, China. Sublime," said Don Bronkema.

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Deezen

MAY 27, 2022

This week on Dezeen , we published the first images of Thomas Heatherwick's Tree of Trees , a sculpture containing 350 living trees that was designed to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee. The Grid Architects designed a "neo-brutalist" concrete house in India. BIG designed a mass-timber furniture factory in Norway.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Thomas Heatherwick railed against "characterless buildings" – unlike his studio's Maggie's Centre. "We British designer Thomas Heatherwick claimed that "we're living through an epidemic of boringness" and that it's time for us to move on from "dull, flat, shiny, straight, inhuman" buildings, in a talk at Singapore Design Week.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2022

In this week's comments update , readers are debating plans by SHoP Architects' employees to form a union of architecture workers in response to an alleged culture of "endless overtime and deadlines" and discussing other top stories. Thomas Heatherwick unveils 1,000 Trees shopping centre in Shanghai. Join the discussion ›.

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