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{{short description|English designer and architect (born 1970)}}
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| name               = Thomas Heatherwick
| honorific_suffix   = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|RA|RDI|HonFREng}}
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| caption            = 2023 portrait of Heatherwick
| birth_name         = {{nowrap|Thomas Alexander Heatherwick}}
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|2|17}}
| birth_place        = London, England
| alma_mater         = {{plainlist|
*[[Manchester Metropolitan University|Manchester Polytechnic]]
*[[Royal College of Art]]}}
| honours            = Commander of the British Empire
| website            = {{URL|www.heatherwick.com|Heatherwick Studio}}
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* [[The Rolling Bridge]] (2005)
* ''[[B of the Bang]]'' (2005)
* [[East Beach Cafe]] (2005)
* [[UK pavilion at Expo 2010]]
* [[Longchamp (company)|Longchamp]] store in [[SoHo]]
* [[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron|Olympics cauldron]] (2012)
* [[Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa|Zeitz MOCAA]] (2017)
* ''[[Vessel (structure)|Vessel]]'' (2019)
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'''Thomas Alexander Heatherwick''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|RA|RDI|HonFREng}} (born 17 February 1970)<ref name=Mapolis>{{cite web |url=http://architecture.mapolismagazin.com/content/thomas-heatherwick |title=Thomas Heatherwick |work=Mapolis |date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822124852/http://architecture.mapolismagazin.com/content/thomas-heatherwick |archive-date=22 August 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> is an English designer and the founder of London-based design practice Heatherwick Studio.  He works with a team of about 250 architects, designers and entrepreneurs from his studio in [[King's Cross, London]].<ref name=global>{{cite web |url=http://www.globaldesignforum.com/speakers/thomas-heatherwick/ |title=Thomas Heatherwick |publisher=Global Design Forum |date=18 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114004040/http://www.globaldesignforum.com/speakers/thomas-heatherwick/ |archive-date=14 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heatherwick.com/studio/about/ |title=About |website=Heatherwick Studio |access-date=19 February 2023 }}</ref>

Heatherwick's projects, many of which have won design awards, include the [[UK pavilion at Expo 2010]], the renovation of the [[Hong Kong]] [[Pacific Place (Hong Kong)|Pacific Place]], the [[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron|Olympic cauldron]] for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and [[2012 Summer Paralympics|Paralympics]], ''[[Vessel (structure)|Vessel]]'' in New York City, and the [[New Routemaster]] bus. The ''[[Garden Bridge]]'' over the [[Thames]] in Central London was cancelled.

==Life and career==
[[File:Bleigiessen-Glass-Bead-Sculpture-London-Looking-down-from-the-top-floor.jpg|thumb|upright|''Bleigiessen'', [[Wellcome Trust]], London]]

Heatherwick was born in London. His mother designed jewellery; his father was a musician, ran a charity and later worked for Heatherwick's design firm. His maternal great-grandfather was the owner of [[Jaeger (clothing)|Jaeger]], the London fashion firm, one of his grandmothers founded the textile studio at [[Marks & Spencer]] and was subsequently an [[Art therapy|art therapist]], and his uncle was the journalist [[Nicholas Tomalin]].<ref name="auto">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/26/thomas-heatherwick-architectures-showman|title=Thomas Heatherwick, Architecture's Showman|first=Ian|last=Parker|date=19 February 2018|magazine=[[New Yorker (magazine)|The New Yorker]]}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news |first=Nicholas |last=Wroe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/may/18/thomas-heatherwick-da-vinci-design |title=Thomas Heatherwick: the new Leonardo of design |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 July 2012 |orig-date=18 May 2012 |access-date=19 February 2023 }}</ref> After primary school in [[Wood Green]], he attended the [[Rudolf Steiner School Kings Langley]], in Hertfordshire, which emphasises gardening, handcrafts, and the performance art of [[eurythmy]], and [[Sevenoaks School]] in Kent.<ref name="auto"/> He studied three-dimensional design at [[Manchester Metropolitan University|Manchester Polytechnic]] and furniture design at the [[Royal College of Art]] (RCA).<ref name=Mapolis/><ref name="auto"/> In his final year at RCA in 1994, Heatherwick met designer [[Terence Conran]]; after seeing Heatherwick's plan for a [[gazebo]] made of two curved stacks of birch plywood, Conran invited him to construct it at his country home,<ref name="guardian" /> and bought it.<ref name=Card>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jul/27/six-leading-architects-first-commission-norman-foster-asif-khan |title='It didn't matter if someone liked it or not': six leading architects revisit their first commission |first=Nell |last=Card |date=27 July 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

Heatherwick founded Heatherwick Studio in 1994 after his graduation from the RCA.<ref name=Sooke>{{cite news |first=Alastair |last=Sooke |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/9285796/Thomas-Heatherwick-Design-is-like-solving-a-crime.html |title=Thomas Heatherwick: 'Design is like solving a crime' |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=23 May 2012|access-date=19 February 2023 }}</ref>  Conran asked Heatherwick to make an interior display for [[the Conran Shop]], which led to his first public commission after [[Mary Portas]] saw it and commissioned Heatherwick to make a window display for the 1997 [[London Fashion Week]] at the [[Harvey Nichols]] department store.<ref name=Card/> 

He is a Senior Fellow and external examiner at the Royal College of Art, a Senior Research Fellow at the [[Victoria & Albert Museum]]; a fellow of the [[Royal Academy]],<ref name=global/> and a [[Royal Designers for Industry|Royal Designer for Industry]]. He has served on numerous judging and advisory panels and has given talks at institutions including the [[RIBA]], [[Bartlett School of Architecture]], the South Africa Design [[Indaba]] conference, the [[Royal Academy]] and TED2011.

==Selected works==

===Rolling Bridge===
[[File:The Rolling Bridge opening and closing (600px, 5x speed).ogv|thumb|left|300px|Video of the Rolling Bridge in operation]]
In 2002, as part of a redevelopment of [[Paddington Basin]], Heatherwick Studio designed [[The Rolling Bridge]], a canal bridge that opens by curling into a circle rather than rising in one or more rigid sections.<ref name=Sooke/><ref>{{cite web |title=Paddington Basin's Bridges in action |url=https://www.thisispaddington.com/article/see-the-fan-bridge-in-action |website=Paddington |access-date=29 December 2018 |date=7 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bridges  |url=https://merchantsquare.co.uk/bridges/ |website=Merchant Square|access-date=29 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Sergio |last=Carratalá |url=http://www.frameandform.com/en/2011/03/21/rolling-bridge-%E2%80%93-heatherwick-studio/ |title=Rolling Bridge – Heatherwick Studio |magazine=Frame and Form |date=21 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015118/http://www.frameandform.com/en/2011/03/21/rolling-bridge-%E2%80%93-heatherwick-studio |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> The Rolling Bridge won the 2005 [[British Constructional Steelwork Association]]'s Structural Steel Award.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 2011 |title=Structural Steel Design Awards shortlist |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/stco.201190015 |access-date=2022-05-07 |journal=Steel Construction |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=93 |doi=10.1002/stco.201190015|s2cid=247800636 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

===''B of the Bang''===
[[File:BoftheBang.jpg|thumb|upright|''B of the Bang'', Manchester]]
Heatherwick's design for ''[[B of the Bang]]'', a £1.42&nbsp;million 56m-high sculpture of 180 giant steel spikes, was unveiled outside the [[City of Manchester Stadium]] in 2005. The tallest public sculpture ever erected in Britain,<ref>{{cite news |first=Sinéad |last=Keller |title=A whole lot of B for the Bang |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jan/12/arts.artsnews1 |date=12 January 2005 |access-date=19 February 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> it was commissioned to commemorate the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]], and took its name from a quote from former Olympic sprint champion [[Linford Christie]] about the explosion of energy as a runner starts out of the [[Starting blocks|blocks]].<ref name=whimper>{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Keegan |title=B of the Bang ends with a whimper as £2m sculpture is sold for £17k scrap |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/b-of-the-bang-ends-with-a-whimper-as-2m-690529 |date=18 January 2013 |orig-date=4 July 2012 |access-date=19 February 2023 |newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]]}}</ref> [[Danny Boyle]] said it was the inspiration for his asking Heatherwick to design the Olympic cauldron.<ref name=Keegan>{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Keegan |title=Danny Boyle: B of the Bang inspired me to Olympic heights of creativity |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/danny-boyle-b-bang-inspired-2521374 |date=5 April 2013 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News}}</ref>

However, technical problems caused one of the spikes to dislodge within two weeks, and a further 22 required removal over the next four years. Despite a plea from ''[[Angel of the North]]'' creator [[Anthony Gormley]] to [[Manchester City Council]] which described the sculpture as "remarkable, dynamic and engaging",<ref>{{cite news |title=Gormley's plea on 'bang' landmark |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7845377.stm |website=[[BBC News]] |date=22 January 2009}}</ref> it was dismantled and placed in storage in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title='Bang' sculpture to be taken down |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7883496.stm |date=11 February 2009 |website=BBC News }}</ref> The council sued Heatherwick Studio and their subcontractors over the problems, settling out of court for £1.7m,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7885166.stm |title=Artist in plea on 'bang' future |work=BBC News |date=12 February 2009 }}</ref> and in 2012 the sculpture's core was sold for scrap.<ref name=whimper/><ref name=Keegan/><ref>{{cite news |title=Manchester B of the Bang sculpture core sold for scrap |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-18703854 |date=4 July 2012 |website=BBC News |access-date=19 February 2023 }}</ref> 

===East Beach Café===
[[File:The East Beach Cafe, Littlehampton - geograph.org.uk - 1407279.jpg|thumb|East Beach Cafe]]
In 2007 Heatherwick Studio completed the [[East Beach Café]] at [[Littlehampton]], West Sussex. The long, single-storey building with a rippled silhouette evoking a sea shell has an outer skin of steel which was allowed to rust before the resulting colours were fixed with an oil-based coating.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2007/06/06/Sophie-Murray-on-opening-the-East-Beach-Cafe-in-Littlehampton|title=Sophie Murray on opening the East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton|website=BigHospitality |orig-date=5 July 2007 |date=12 March 2017 |access-date=19 February 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsteelconstruction.com/wp/ssda-2008-east-beach-cafe-littlehampton/ |title=SSDA 2008 – East Beach Cafe, Littlehampton |website=New Steel Construction |date=1 July 2008 |access-date=19 February 2023 }}</ref> The café won a [[RIBA National Award]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/175thAnniversary/175AnniversaryGallery/EastBeachCafeLittlehampton.aspx#.UZyHualI3x4 |title=175th anniversary gallery: East Beach Cafe, Littlehampton |website=Architecture.com |publisher=[[RIBA]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303212423/http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/175thAnniversary/175AnniversaryGallery/EastBeachCafeLittlehampton.aspx#.UZyHualI3x4 |archive-date=3 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Worth Abbey===
In 2009, Heatherwick was appointed to redesign the church interior at [[Worth Abbey]]. The new furnishings, including pews, choir stalls, monastery seats, desks and confessionals, were made of solid hardwood, ash embedded within walnut,<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Amy |last=Frearson |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2011/11/05/worth-abbey-by-heatherwick-studio/ |title=Worth Abbey by Heatherwick Studio |magazine=[[Dezeen]] |date=5 November 2011 |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> but the pews began to crack after a few months. Heatherwick blamed the contractor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/faulty-church-pews-spark-unholy-row-1-7302348 |title='Faulty' church pews spark unholy row |newspaper=Crawley Observer |date=30 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416055024/http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/news/local/faulty-church-pews-spark-unholy-row-1-7302348 |archive-date=16 April 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Dunton |url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/heatherwick-comes-out-fighting-in-worth-abbey-row/10004683.article |title=Heatherwick comes out fighting in Worth Abbey row |work=[[Architects' Journal]] |date=31 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423051042/http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/heatherwick-comes-out-fighting-in-worth-abbey-row/10004683.article |archive-date=23 April 2016 }}</ref>

===UK Pavilion, Shanghai Expo 2010===
[[File:UK Pavilion.jpg|thumb|left|UK Pavilion at [[2010 Expo]], Shanghai]]
Heatherwick Studio designed the UK's pavilion, dubbed [[UK pavilion at Expo 2010|"Seed Cathedral"]], for [[Expo 2010]] in Shanghai. In keeping with the exposition theme, "Better City, Better Life", the pavilion explored the relationship between nature and cities. It was set in a parklike environment and consisted of a timber and steel [[composite material|composite]] framework pierced by 60,000 [[Optical fiber|fibre-optic rods]], each housing on the inside one or more plant seeds from [[Kew Gardens]]' [[Millennium Seed Bank Partnership]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jordana |first=Sebastian |title=UK Pavilion for Shanghai World Expo 2010 / Heatherwick Studio |url=http://www.archdaily.com/58591/uk-pavilion-for-shanghai-world-expo-2010-heatherwick-studio/ |date=3 May 2010 |access-date=19 February 2023 |newspaper=[[ArchDaily]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Marcus |last=Fairs |title=UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 by Thomas Heatherwick |url=http://www.dezeen.com/2010/04/04/uk-pavilion-at-shanghai-expo-2010-by-thomas-heatherwick-more-images/ |date=4 April 2010 |access-date=19 February 2022 |magazine=Dezeen}}</ref> 

The UK pavilion won the gold medal of the [[Bureau International des Expositions]] for best pavilion design in its size class,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/articles/expo-shanghai-2010/376-bie-day-at-expo-2010.html |title=BIE Day at EXPO 2010 |website=[[Bureau International des Expositions]] |date=30 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108174804/http://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/articles/expo-shanghai-2010/376-bie-day-at-expo-2010.html |archive-date=8 November 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heatherwick.com/uk-pavilion/ |title=UK Pavilion |website=Heatherwick Studio |access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref> and the [[RIBA]] Lubetkin Prize.<ref name=Lubetkin>{{cite magazine|first=Rose |last=Etherington |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2010/06/30/thomas-heatherwicks-uk-pavilion-at-shanghai-expo-2010-awarded-riba-lubetkin-prize/ |title=Thomas Heatherwick's UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 awarded RIBA Lubetkin Prize |magazine=Dezeen |date=30 June 2010 |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Contactus/NewsAndPress/News/RIBANews/Press/2010/UKPavilionatWorldExpo2010inShanghaiwinsRIBALubetkinPrize.aspx |title=UK Pavilion at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai wins RIBA Lubetkin Prize |website=Architecture.com |publisher=RIBA|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107004017/https://www.architecture.com/RIBA/Contactus/NewsAndPress/News/RIBANews/Press/2010/UKPavilionatWorldExpo2010inShanghaiwinsRIBALubetkinPrize.aspx |archive-date=7 January 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> After the Expo, the pavilion was dismantled, and some rods were donated and others auctioned off for charity.

===New Routemaster bus===
[[File: LTZ1851-21-20240402-184553.jpg|thumb|[[New Routemaster]] double-decker omnibus]]
In 2010, the [[Mayor of London]] [[Boris Johnson]] announced that Heatherwick Studio would be designing the [[New Routemaster]] double-decker bus, the first bus in more than 50 years to be commissioned specifically for London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15493.aspx |title=New bus for London |publisher=[[Transport for London]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303174720/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/15493.aspx |archive-date=3 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> A prototype by [[Wrightbus]] was unveiled in December 2011;<ref name=bus>{{cite magazine|first=Rose|last=Etherington |title=A New Bus for London by Heatherwick Studio |url=http://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/21/a-new-bus-for-london-by-heatherwick-studios/ |date=21 December 2011 |access-date=19 February 2023 |magazine=Dezeen}}</ref> the first buses entered service in February 2012 and [[Transport for London]] ordered 600 in September 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=600 new buses by 2016 |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/metro/25832.aspx |publisher=Transport for London |date=27 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007020713/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/metro/25832.aspx |archive-date=7 October 2012 }}</ref> and a further 200 in 2014.<ref name=bus2>{{cite magazine |first=Amy |last=Frearson |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2017/01/03/thomas-heatherwick-routemaster-bus-london-mayor-stops-orders-sadiq-khan|title=London mayor stops orders for Thomas Heatherwick's Routemaster bus |magazine=Dezeen |date=3 January 2017}}</ref> The design features a long front window for the driver and a wrapped glazing panel for passengers, with three doors and two staircases for faster and easier boarding. The diesel-electric hybrid engine is also significantly more fuel-efficient than previous hybrid buses.<ref name=bus/> The first buses reinstated the rear open platform of the 1950s [[AEC Routemaster]], but the expense of staffing the rear door led to elimination of the feature after 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2015/jun/23/boriss-bus-a-political-journey-part-43-no-more-hop-on-hop-off|title=Boris's Bus (A Political Journey) Part 43: No More 'Hop On, Hop Off'?|first=Dave|last=Hill|date=23 June 2015|work=The Guardian |type=Dave Hill on London blog}}</ref>

After complaints from passengers about excessive heat in summer, starting in 2015 the buses were retrofitted with openable windows.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/18/routemaster-buses-in-london-to-be-refitted-with-windows-that-open|title=Routemaster buses in London to be refitted with windows that open|first=Jessica|last=Elgot|date=18 September 2015|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> There were also complaints about faulty batteries leading to high emissions from over-reliance on the diesel engine.<ref>{{cite news |first=Pippa |last=Crerar |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/faulty-new-routemasters-emit-74-more-harmful-particles-than-old-buses-10412858.html|title=Faulty Routemasters 'emit more harmful particles than old buses' |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=24 July 2015 |access-date=19 February 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Holder |url=https://airqualitynews.com/2015/07/21/tfl-admits-to-new-routemaster-bus-battery-problems/ |title=TfL admits to New Routemaster bus battery problems |website=Air Quality News |date=21 July 2015 |access-date=19 February 2023 }}</ref> The New Routemaster influenced [[Alexander Dennis]]'s [[Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City|Enviro400H City Bus]], which Transport for London began introducing in 2016. In January 2017, [[Sadiq Khan]] discontinued Routemaster purchases as a cost-saving measure, promising instead to retrofit older London buses with the latest sustainable technologies.<ref name=bus2/> At Euro Bus Expo 2022, [[Equipmake]] showed a New Routemaster [[electric vehicle conversion|converted]] to fully electric operation; the bus is being tested by Transport for London.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.electrichybridvehicletechnology.com/news/equipmake-has-showcased-its-fully-electric-new-routemaster-bus.html |title=Equipmake has showcased its fully electric New Routemaster bus |website=Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology International |date=4 November 2022 |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref>

[[File:The Cauldron 2012.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron|2012 Olympic cauldron]]]]

===2012 Olympic cauldron===
Heatherwick Studio was asked by [[Danny Boyle]], the artistic director of the [[Opening ceremony of the London Olympics|opening ceremony]] of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, to design the [[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics cauldron|Olympic cauldron]] to be used for the Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Heatherwick's design departed from the tradition of a raised bowl by instead consisting of an 8.5m-high "dandelion" of 204 copper "petals" hand-made by skilled car body workers, which were brought into the [[Olympic Stadium (London)|Olympic Stadium]] by children representing each team as part of the [[Parade of Nations]], then mounted on blackened steel gas pipes which were lit by seven [[List of torchbearers who have lit the Olympic cauldron|torchbearers]] and then rose in concentric circles from the centre outward. The merging of the flames symbolised the nations coming together in peace.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wainwright |first=Oliver |title=The flaming dandelion |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/comment/the-flaming-dandelion/5040489.article |date=30 July 2012 |newspaper=BD Online |type=opinion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730155110/http://www.bdonline.co.uk/comment/the-flaming-dandelion/5040489.article |archive-date=30 July 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Olympic cauldron represents peace says designer Heatherwick |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19028963 |website=BBC News |date=28 July 2012}}</ref> After the close of the Games, each participating country was offered a petal.<ref>{{cite web |title=2012 cauldron petals hand-delivered by Mayor to Indian Olympians |url=http://www.london.gov.uk/media/mayor-press-releases/2012/11/2012-cauldron-petals-hand-delivered-by-mayor-to-indian-olympians |date=26 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719211559/http://london.gov.uk/media/mayor-press-releases/2012/11/2012-cauldron-petals-hand-delivered-by-mayor-to-indian-olympians |archive-date=19 July 2013 |type=press release }}</ref> In July 2014, an exhibit on the cauldron opened at the [[Museum of London]].<ref name=Atopiaag>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jul/23/locog-settle-with-atopia-over-olympic-cauldron-opening-ceremony |title=Row over Olympic cauldron design settled out of court |first=Oliver |last=Wainwright |work=The Guardian |date=23 July 2014}}</ref>

In June 2013, New York design studio Atopia claimed that Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron design was substantially identical to a composite flower powered by [[solar cell]]s which they had designed in 2007 at the request of the [[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|London Olympic committee]] for a One Planet Pavilion. (A [[non-disclosure agreement]] barring all companies from promoting work related to the Olympics was in place from 2007 to 2013, and prevented earlier raising of the issue.)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jun/19/thomas-heatherwick-accused-plagiarism-olympic-cauldron |title=How Olympic cauldron fanned flames of fury at American design studio |first=Oliver |last=Wainwright |work=The Guardian |date=19 June 2013 |access-date=20 February 2023 }}</ref> Heatherwick, Boyle, and Martin Green, who had been head of ceremonies at the Olympic committee, all denied knowledge of Atopia's proposal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jun/20/london-olympic-cauldron-copying-claims |title=Designers of London Olympic cauldron deny copying claims |first=Oliver |last=Wainwright |work=The Guardian |date=20 June 2013 |access-date=20 February 2023 }}</ref> In summer 2014, the organisers of the London Olympics reached an out-of-court settlement acknowledging that key elements of the cauldron were present in Atopia's proposal. Heatherwick however said that "the design process was categorically our own, from start to finish."<ref name=Atopiaag/>

===Proposed Thames ''Garden Bridge''===
In 2013, with the support of actress [[Joanna Lumley]], Heatherwick proposed the ''[[Garden Bridge]]'', a pedestrian bridge across the [[River Thames|Thames]] in central London that would be planted as a woodland park.<ref name="TUTH">{{Cite episode |title=The Unstoppable Thomas Heatherwick |series=The Culture Show |series-link=The Culture Show |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037tmh6 |access-date=31 July 2013 |date=31 July 2013 }}</ref><ref name="OCeallaigh">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ultratravel/the-next-big-thing/10120636/A-Garden-Bridge-across-the-Thames.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615011002/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ultratravel/the-next-big-thing/10120636/A-Garden-Bridge-across-the-Thames.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2013 |title=A 'Garden Bridge' across the Thames |last=O'Ceallaigh |first=John |date=14 June 2013 |work=The Daily Telegraph |type=The Next Big Thing commentary}}</ref> The project was originally to have been entirely privately financed;<ref name="OCeallaigh" /> in 2016, Mayor of London [[Sadiq Khan]] froze funding after £60m of public money had been committed to it out of a total estimated cost of £175m, some by [[Transport for London]] to strengthen [[Temple tube station]] in order for it to bear the weight of the north end of the bridge.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/11/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-blocks-extra-funds-garden-bridge |title=London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks extra funds for garden bridge |first1=Peter |last1=Walker |first2=Will |last2=Hurst |date=11 July 2016 |access-date=20 February 2023 |work=The Guardian }}</ref>

In 2017, it was found that Heatherwick was the sole founding member of the Garden Bridge Trust and had attended eight trustee meetings, leading to accusations of [[conflict of interest]]; he had repeatedly denied being part of the trust.<ref name=COI>{{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Will |date=8 December 2017 |title=Revealed: Thomas Heatherwick was founding member of Garden Bridge client body |url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/revealed-thomas-heatherwick-was-founding-member-of-garden-bridge-client-body |website=The Architects' Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112002842/http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/revealed-thomas-heatherwick-was-founding-member-of-garden-bridge-client-body |archive-date=12 November 2020 }}</ref> Heatherwick had also attended a secret fundraising meeting in California with [[Apple Corporation|Apple]] with then-Mayor [[Boris Johnson]] in 2013, before the design contract had been officially awarded.<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 January 2016 |title=Boris Johnson met Garden Bridge designer before contract awarded |website=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-35439976|access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Neate |first1=Rupert |last2=Addley |first2=Esther |date=16 July 2019 |title='You pay for it, chum': Johnson's struggle to save his garden bridge |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/16/you-pay-for-it-chum-boris-johnson-struggle-save-garden-bridge |access-date=20 February 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In April 2017, in a report ordered by the Mayor, [[Margaret Hodge]], the former chair of the [[Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)|Public Accounts Committee]], concluded that the project should be cancelled: the £46 million of public money already lost was preferable to risking additional demands if the project proceeded. The report stated that the appointments of Heatherwick Studio as designer and [[Arup Group|Arup]] as engineers "were not open, fair or competitive&nbsp;... and revealed systematic failures and ineffective control systems".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/breaking-cancel-the-garden-bridge-says-hodge-inquiry/10018946.article|title=Cancel the Garden Bridge, says Hodge inquiry |work=The Architects' Journal |date=7 April 2017}}</ref> The project was officially cancelled on 14 August 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40921373 |title= London's Garden Bridge project officially abandoned |date=14 August 2017 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

===Bombay Sapphire distillery===
[[File:Thomas Heatherwick glasshouses for the Bombay Sapphire distillery 01.jpg|thumb|Bombay Sapphire distillery glasshouses]]
Working with [[English Heritage]] and [[English Nature]], Heatherwick Studio led the masterplan and design for the transformation of the former [[Laverstoke Mill]] bank note printing plant in [[Laverstoke]], Hampshire into a gin distillery for [[Bombay Sapphire]]. Twenty-three of more than 40 derelict buildings were restored and 9 more recent industrial structures demolished; the [[Channelization (rivers)|channelised]] [[River Test]], which flows through the site, was uncovered and widened and its banks planted; and a central courtyard and a pair of intertwined curvilinear glasshouses for the [[Tropical plant|tropical]] and [[Mediterranean vegetation|Mediterranean]] plants used in the manufacturing process were created. The plants, which are supplemented with others from their native ecosystems, draw on the river for water and are warmed by heat created by the distillation of the gin.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.heatherwick.com/distillery/ |title= Bombay Sapphire Distillery |website=Heatherwick Studio |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="archute1">{{cite web|last=Nguma |first=Samuel |url= http://www.archute.com/2016/10/19/bombay-sapphire-distillery/ |title= Bombay Sapphire Distillery: Heatherwick Studio Give a New Lease of Life to a Derelict Site in Laverstoke |website= Archute |date=4 August 2022 |orig-date= 19 October 2016 |access-date=21 February 2023 }}</ref><ref name=ADdist>{{cite web |url= http://www.archdaily.com/554750/bombay-sapphire-distillery-heatherwick-studio |title= Bombay Sapphire Distillery / Heatherwick Studio |work= ArchDaily |date= 9 October 2014 |access-date=21 February 2023 }}</ref> The distillery was Heatherwick Studios' first conservation project and first commission for a production facility.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ginfoundry.com/gin-news/bombay-sapphire-laverstoke-mill/ |title=Laverstoke Mill|website=Gin Foundry|date=27 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314064157/http://www.ginfoundry.com/gin-news/bombay-sapphire-laverstoke-mill/ |archive-date=14 March 2015 }}</ref> Opened in 2014, it was the first drinks manufacturing plant and the first renovation to achieve [[BREEAM]] 'outstanding' accreditation.<ref name="archute1"/><ref name=ADdist/>

===Learning Hub===
[[File:The Hive, NTU (I).jpg|thumb| [[The Hive, Singapore|The Hive]] in Singapore]]
The Learning Hub, also known as [[The Hive, Singapore|The Hive]], a multi-purpose educational facility built as part of a campus redevelopment programme by [[Nanyang Technological University]] in Singapore, opened in 2015. It maximises interaction between students and faculty and across disciplines by replacing rectangular rooms and corridors with twelve tubular stacks of tutorial rooms around a central atrium and 56 lecture rooms. Rooms are rounded in shape and can be reconfigured; the towers taper toward their bases for an organic appearance, and common spaces include balconies and garden terraces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heatherwick.com/learning-hub/ |title=Learning Hub (The Hive) |website=Heatherwick Studio |access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="worldarchitecturenews1">{{cite news |url=http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/2015/25490/heatherwick-studio/nanyang-learning-hub-in-nanyang.html |title=Nanyang Learning Hub by Heatherwick Studio in Nanyang |website=World Architecture News |date=28 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106011601/http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/2015/25490/heatherwick-studio/nanyang-learning-hub-in-nanyang.html |archive-date=6 January 2017 }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://media.ntu.edu.sg/NewsReleases/Pages/newsdetail.aspx?news=a161986e-ddb6-47de-8cf6-25264cefd934 |title=NTU's learning hub to become a hive of learning and innovation |publisher=Nanyang Technological University |type=press release |date=10 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313233415/http://media.ntu.edu.sg/NewsReleases/Pages/newsdetail.aspx?news=a161986e-ddb6-47de-8cf6-25264cefd934 |archive-date=13 March 2015 }}</ref> The primary construction material is concrete, with metal stacks of balconies and screened stairs; the façade of the towers was imprinted with a pattern of horizontal lines using twelve silicone moulds, and the walls of the staircase and elevator cores, which are stained reddish-brown, with 700 drawings commissioned from illustrator [[Sara Fanelli]] as triggers for thought.<ref name="designboom1">{{cite web|url=http://www.designboom.com/architecture/thomas-heatherwick-studio-learning-hub-nanyang-technological-university-singapore-designboom-03-10-2015/ |title=thomas heatherwick's learning hub is {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} 12 towers |website=Designboom.com |date=12 March 2015 |access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Andy |last=Pearson |title=Ripples of Delight |url= https://www.concretecentre.com/TCC/media/TCCMediaLibrary/Concrete+Quarterly+Archive/2015/CQ_253_Autumn2015.pdf?ext=.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170106011300/https://www.concretecentre.com/TCC/media/TCCMediaLibrary/Concrete%20Quarterly%20Archive/2015/CQ_253_Autumn2015.pdf?ext=.pdf |page=7 |archive-date= 6 January 2017 |magazine= Concrete Quarterly |volume=253 |date=Autumn 2015}}</ref> The building won the Singapore [[Building and Construction Authority]]'s Green Mark Platinum Award for Sustainability prior to its completion,<ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Taylor-Foster |url=https://www.archdaily.com/518458/heatherwick-studio-to-build-learning-hub-in-singapore |title=Heatherwick Studio To Build 'Learning Hub' in Singapore |work=ArchDaily |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=21 February 2023}}</ref> and in 2015 was shortlisted for the WAN Concrete in Architecture award.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.concretecentre.com/TCC/media/TCCMediaLibrary/Concrete+Quarterly+Archive/2015/CQ_253_Autumn2015.pdf?ext=.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170106011300/https://www.concretecentre.com/TCC/media/TCCMediaLibrary/Concrete%20Quarterly%20Archive/2015/CQ_253_Autumn2015.pdf?ext=.pdf |title= Stunning Japanese cultural centre lands WAN Award, as Concrete Society unveils 2015 shortlist |page=2 |archive-date= 6 January 2017 |magazine= Concrete Quarterly |volume=253 |date=Autumn 2015}}</ref> It also contributed to Heatherwick Studios' winning the 2015 Creativity in Concrete Award of the British [[Concrete Society]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lwc.com.sg/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2017030201191134.pdf |title=Creativity in Concrete Award 2015 |publisher=British Precast |year=2015 |access-date=21 February 2023 }}</ref>

===Coal Drops Yard===
[[File:Coal Drops Yard 0606.jpg|thumb|Coal Drops Yard]]
[[Coal Drops Yard]] is a public space and retail destination in King's Cross, London.<ref name="heatherwick1">{{cite web |url= http://www.heatherwick.com/coal-drops-yard/ |title= Coal Drops Yard &#124; Heatherwick Studio |website=Heatherwick.com |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref> The project included the renovation of two buildings built in 1850 and used to receive freight arriving from the north of England.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.kingscross.co.uk/coal-drops-yard |title= Coal Drops Yard a unique new shopping quarter at King's Cross |website= Kingscross.co.uk |date=15 December 2016 |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref> The design stitches the two buildings together by extending the two roofs towards each other until they meet.<ref name="dezeen1">{{cite web |first=Amy |last=Frearson |url= https://www.dezeen.com/2015/12/18/thomas-heatherwick-coal-drops-yard-canal-side-shopping-centre-kings-cross-london/ |title= Heatherwick gets go ahead for shopping centre in King's Cross |website= Dezeen.com |date=18 December 2015 |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref> This creates an additional storey and distinct centre to the linear site. The stretched roofs shelter the yard below which can be used to host events, whilst the third storey offers views of King's Cross, the [[Francis Crick Institute]] and Cubitt Square.<ref name="dezeen1"/> The project is part of the wider re-development programme for the area by Argent LLP and King's Cross Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/coal-drops-yard-kings-cross |title= Coal Drops Yard King's Cross by Heatherwick Studio |website=E-architect.co.uk |date= 4 July 2016 |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref> Coal Drops Yard was approved by planning in December 2015,<ref name="heatherwick1"/> and was completed in October 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wills |first1=Kate |title=Coal Drops Yard is London's new eating, shopping and playing paradise |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/attractions/coal-drops-yard-eating-shopping-kings-cross-a3963551.html |access-date=26 October 2018 |work=Evening Standard |date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

===Zeitz MOCAA===
[[File:The Grain Silo, Cape Town, South Africa.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Zeitz MOCAA interior showing the converted grain silos]]
Heatherwick Studio worked on the conversion of the historic Grain Silo at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town into a not-for-profit cultural institution, the [[Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa]] (Zeitz MOCAA), which houses the most significant collection of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.zeitzmocaa.museum/ |title= Zeitz Mocaa |website= Zeitzmocaa.museum |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Amy |last=Frearson |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2014/02/27/heatherwick-gallery-grain-silo-cape-town-va-waterfront/ |title= Heatherwick unveils gallery inside grain silos for Cape Town's V&A |website= Dezeen |date= 27 February 2014 |access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> The {{cvt|9,500|m2|acre}} complex consist of nine floors with {{cvt|6,000|m2}} of dedicated exhibition space.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.capetownmagazine.com/zeitz-museum |title=Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa at the V&A Waterfront &#124; Museums, Galleries & Visual Arts Exhibitions MOCAA Cape Town |website= Capetownmagazine.com |access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.heatherwick.com/zeitz-mocaa/ |title= Zeitz MOCAA &#124; Heatherwick Studio |website= Heatherwick.com |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref> Using a variety of concrete-cutting techniques, galleries and a large central atrium were carved out of the silo's 42 concrete tubes.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web |last= Hancock |first=Colin |url= https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/thomas-heatherwick-zeitz-mocaa-cape-town/index.html |title=Zeitz MOCAA: New home for contemporary art? - CNN.com |website= CNN |date= 31 May 2016 |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref> The concrete shafts were capped with strengthened glass that can be walked over by visitors, and designed to draw light into the building from above and create a cathedral-like interior.

The excavation of this interior space unifies two buildings; the silo and the grading tower.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://artthrob.co.za/Feature/Thomas_Heatherwick__the_new_MOCAA_by_Sue_Williamson_on_18_March.aspx |title=Thomas Heatherwick the new MOCAA by Sue Williamson on 18 March |website= Artthrob.co.za |date=31 August 2012 |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref>
Bisected tubes contain cylindrical lifts and a spiral staircase. Pillowed glazing panels formed of segments of flat glass have been inserted into the upper floors.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa opened on September 22, 2017.

===''Vessel ''===
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[[File:Hudson Yards Plaza March 2019 18.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Vessel (structure)|Vessel]]'' in New York]]
In 2016, Heatherwick's design for the ''[[Vessel (structure)|Vessel]]'' structure at [[Hudson Yards (development)|Hudson Yards]]' Public Plaza in New York City was unveiled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://therealdeal.com/2016/09/14/stairway-to-hudson-related-unveils-150m-sculpture/|title=Stairway to Hudson: Related unveils $150M sculpture|last=Bockmann|first=Rich|date=September 14, 2016|website=The Real Deal New York|access-date=September 14, 2016}}</ref> The structure is in the form of a network of interlocking staircases that visitors can climb; its design was inspired by amphitheatres<ref name="auto" /> and by the ancient [[stepwell]]s of India.<ref name=ad>{{cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/new-york-hudson-yards-the-vessel-thomas-heatherwick/|title= New York adds a futuristic monument to its skyline inspired by India's ancient stepwells|first=Rhea |last=Varghese|date=11 March 2019 |work=AD }}</ref> It has 2,500 steps in 154 flights of stairs, equivalent to 15 storeys, and it has 80 viewing landings.<ref name=ad /> Construction began in April 2017, and it opened on 15 March 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title=Hudson Yards and its Vessel open to the public | work=The Architects Newspaper |first=Jonathan |last=Hilburg |date=15 March 2019 | url=https://archpaper.com/2019/03/hudson-yards-vessel-open/ | access-date=5 April 2019}}</ref>
In August 2019, ''Vessel'' was the subject of a profile on the [[Sky Arts]] programme ''[[The Art of Architecture]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Art of Architecture - S1 - Episode 4 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/h7wyfv/the-art-of-architecture--s1-e4-the-art-of-architecture/ |website=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=26 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

''Vessel'' was closed to public access in 2021, after the fourth suicide in less than two years.<ref name=nyt20210729>{{Cite news|last1=Wong|first1=Ashley|last2=Gold|first2=Michael|date=2021-07-29|title=Fourth Suicide at the Vessel Leads to Calls for Higher Barriers|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/nyregion/vessel-suicide-hudson-yards.html|access-date=2021-07-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After full-height steel mesh nets were installed on each level, news media reported in early 2024 that ''Vessel'' would reopen later that year, though the top level would remain closed.<ref name="Jose 2024 m883">{{cite web | last=Jose | first=Chris | title=The Vessel at Hudson Yards is set to reopen, but with safety changes after suicides | website=NBC New York | date=April 12, 2024 | url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/vessel-hudson-yards-reopen-with-safety-changes-after-suicides/5315477/ | access-date=April 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Offenhartz 2024 x716">{{cite web | last=Offenhartz | first=Jake | title=The Vessel, a Manhattan tourist site closed after suicides, will reopen later this year | website=AP News | date=April 12, 2024 | url=https://apnews.com/article/vessel-hudson-yards-7bb0e54869e1918a84631989b55c159b | access-date=April 13, 2024}}</ref> On October 21, 2024, ''Vessel'' reopened;<ref>{{cite web |date=October 20, 2024 |title=The Vessel, a Manhattan tourist site closed after suicides, reopens with new safety features |url=https://apnews.com/article/vessel-hudson-yards-new-york-ab9b02282754db2d3d308fd87df54ecd |access-date=October 21, 2024 |website=AP News}}</ref> initially, only the lowest two levels and parts of the upper levels were open to the public.<ref>{{cite web |last=Glorioso |first=Chris |date=October 20, 2024 |title=The Vessel at Hudson Yards to reopen Monday with new safety measures |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/manhattan/vessel-hudson-yards-reopens-monday/5903950/ |access-date=October 21, 2024 |website=NBC New York}}</ref>

===Bund Finance Centre===
Heatherwick Studio collaborated with Fosters + Partners on the Bund Finance Centre (BFC) – a new mixed-use complex in Shanghai. The project is situated at the end of the [[The Bund|Bund]] in Shanghai and envisioned as a connection point between the city's old town and the financial district.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.archdaily.com/454741/foster-and-heatherwick-collaborate-to-design-shanghai-finance-center |title= Foster and Heatherwick Collaborate to Design Shanghai Finance Center |publisher=ArchDaily |date=4 December 2013 |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref>

The plan includes two {{convert|180|m|ft |adj=mid| towers}} that combine offices, a boutique hotel and retail space. An arts and cultural centre is located at the centre of the scheme. Conceived as a platform for international exchange, the centre will feature art galleries and theatre spaces. The building is surrounded by an adaptable moving veil which reveals the stage on the balcony and views towards Pudong district.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fosterandpartners.com/news/archive/2013/12/designs-revealed-for-bund-finance-centre-under-construction-in-shnghai/ |title=Bund Finance Centre Designs Released &#124; Foster + Partners |website= Fosterandpartners.com |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref>

===Google headquarters===
In 2015, Heatherwick Studio revealed that it was working on projects including the new Google Headquarters in [[Mountain View, California]] – in partnership with Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/latest-images-of-foster-and-heatherwicks-shanghai-bund/8656298.article |title= Latest images of Foster and Heatherwick's Shanghai Bund |work= The Architects' Journal |date= 3 December 2013 |access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/603947/see-big-and-heatherwick-s-design-for-google-s-california-headquarters |title=See BIG & Heatherwick's Design for Google's California Headquarters |publisher=ArchDaily |date=27 February 2015 |access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> The project initially involved a series of dome-shaped buildings, but the project was revised later in 2016, with three buildings to be built in two different sites &ndash; one immediately adjacent to [[Googleplex]], the other two smaller buildings a few blocks away.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/08/27/google-hq-big-heatherwick-the-111th/ |title=Roof completes on Heatherwick and BIG's Google HQ |first=Bridget|last= Cogley |date= 27 August 2019 |work=dezeen }}</ref>

Heatherwick and BIG also collaborated on a design on a London headquarters at [[Kings Cross, London|King's Cross]] for Google.  The [[Google King's Cross]] building, nicknamed the 'landscraper', includes a roof garden.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2017/06/01/google-finally-reveals-plans-london-hq-big-heatherwick-architecture-news/ |title=Google finally reveals its plans for London HQ by BIG and Heatherwick |first=Amy |last=Frearson |date= 1 June 2017 |work=Dezeen }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/28/google-commits-to-vast-london-office-despite-rise-of-remote-working |title=Google commits to vast London office despite rise of remote working |first=Joanna |last=Partridge|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=28 July 2020 }}</ref>

===1000 Trees ===
[[File:201806 1000 Trees Heatherwick Shanghai.jpg|thumb|1,000 Trees in Shanghai under construction]]
Heatherwick started a development titled 1,000 Trees in Shanghai.  The project comprises two mountain-like peaks built with trees planted on the buildings, and it is a mix-use development with retail and offices spaces, as well as event venues, galleries and a hotel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/12/1000-trees-shanghai-heatherwick-studio/ |title= Heatherwick Studio reveals 1,000 Trees nearing completion in Shanghai |first=Lizzie |last=Crook |date= 12 November 2019 |work=dezeen }}</ref><ref name=cbbc /> The design aims to unify a park that runs along the [[Suzhou Creek]] and the [[50 Moganshan Road|M50 Arts District]], while the local height restrictions defined the height of the two peaks which slopes down to the park. Embedded within the development is an open-air art wall inspired by an art-wall that ran along Moganshan Road. Part of the design was also inspired by [[Mount Mogan|Moganshan]]. The project was completed in two phases, with the first phase opened in 2021.<ref name=cbbc>{{cite web |url=https://focus.cbbc.org/heatherwick-studios-1000-trees/#.X-82ktSLRkg |title=Heatherwick Studio Discusses its Latest Project in Shanghai: 1,000 Trees |date=26 May 2020 |work=CBBC }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/01/14/we-must-do-better-than-1000-trees-philip-oldfield-opinion/ |title="We must do better than 1,000 Trees"|first=Philip |last=Oldfield |date= 14 January 2022 |work=Dezeen }}</ref>

=== Little Island ===
{{Main article| Little Island at Pier 55}}
[[File:Little Island at Pier 55, New York City, 20231001 1817 1496.jpg|thumb|upright|Little Island at Pier 55]]
In 2012, following a design competition, the [[Hudson River Park]] Trust and the [[Diane von Fürstenberg|Furstenberg Family Foundation]] selected Heatherwick Studio in collaboration with Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects to design a new pier on Manhattan's southwest riverside.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/heatherwick-studio-pier-55-park-new-york-hudson-river-10-31-2019/? |title=heatherwick studio-designed pier 55 park takes shape in new york's hudson river |website=Design Boom |date=31 October 2019 |access-date=1 May 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://littleisland.org/design-construction/ |title=Design & Construction |website=Little Island |access-date=1 May 2025 }}</ref> The park officially opened on May 21, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/arts/little-island-barry-diller.html |title= A New $260 Million Park Floats on the Hudson. It’s a Charmer. |date=May 20, 2021 |work=The New York Times |first=Mathews|last= Nielsen }}</ref>

The design for Pier 55, based on the wooden piles in the [[Hudson River]], uses the support structure of [[concrete piles]] to create a landscape topography.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-news/cvgfg/thomas-heatherwick-s-another-controversial-project-pier-55-was-also-scrapped.html |title=Thomas Heatherwick's Another Controversial Project Pier 55 Was Also Scrapped |website=World Architecture |access-date=1 May 2025 }}</ref> Little Island has an outdoor [[Amphitheatre|amphitheater]] for 687 people, a performance area for 200 people, and a large plaza with pathways and platforms.<ref> {{cite web |author1=Muse |url=https://musebyclios.com/building-passionate-communities/how-inventive-public-park-helped-city-heal-through-power-community/ |title=How an Inventive Public Park Helped a City Heal Through the Power of Community |website=Muse by Clios |date=5 October 2022 |access-date=1 May 2025 }} </ref>

=== Airo Car ===
In 2021, Heatherwick unveiled the design and concept for a pollution-eating car, Airo, at the [[Shanghai motor show|Shanghai Motor Show.]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-28|title=Thomas Heatherwick's Airo car is a breath of clean air|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/thomas-heatherwick-airo-car|access-date=2021-07-16|website=British GQ|language=en-GB}}</ref> The project was designed by Heatherwick Studio for the newly formed Chinese car brand [[IM Motors]]. Named Airo, the electric vehicle will be fitted with a high efficiency particulate air filtering system that will actively clean air pollutants.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-19|title=Heatherwick Studio reveals Airo car that will clean pollution as it drives|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/04/19/heatherwick-studio-airo-electric-car-clean-air/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Dezeen|language=en}}</ref> Production of the car is set to start in 2023 in China.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wakefield|first=Jane|date=2021-07-09|title=Pollution-eating car shown off at Goodwood Festival|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57777329|access-date=2021-07-16}}</ref>

==Other notable works and projects==
[[File:Angel's Wings Thomas Heatherwick.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Paternoster Vents]]'', at Bishops Court near [[Paternoster Square]], London.]]

* Sculpted forms in laminated wood, Guastavino's, New York City (2000)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/thomas-heatherwick-new-york-state-of-mind |title=Thomas Heatherwick's New York State of Mind |first=Anna |last=Fixsen |work= Architectural Digest |date= 15 February 2020}}</ref>
* ''Bleigiessen'', [[Wellcome Trust]], London (2002)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2005/mar/16/homes |title=Revenge of the molten lead blob |first=Caroline |last=Roux |work=The Guardian |date=16 March 2005 }}</ref>
* ''[[Blue Carpet]]'', [[Newcastle-Upon-Tyne]] (2002)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jan/26/arts.highereducation|title='Carpet' provokes differing shades of opinion|first=Maev|last=Kennedy|date=26 January 2002|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
* ''[[Paternoster Vents]]'', [[Paternoster Square]], London (2002)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-extraordinary-designs-of-thomas-heatherwick/11/ |title=Paternoster Vents - The extraordinary designs of Thomas Heatherwick |work=CBS News }}</ref>
* [[Longchamp (company)|Longchamp]] store in the [[SoHo]] district of New York City (interior design, 2004)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arch2o.com/longchamp-store-heatherwick-studio/ |title=Longchamp Store - Heatherwick Studio |work=Arch2o}}</ref>
* ''Sitooterie II'', Barnards Farm, [[West Horndon]], Essex (2004)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/2004-january-sitting-pretty-sitooterie-by-thomas-heatherwick |title=2004 January: Sitting Pretty, 'Sitooterie' by Thomas Heatherwick |date=2 July 2012 |first= Catherine |last= Slessor|work=The Architectural Review }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.designboom.com/design/sitooterie-ii-by-heatherwick-studio/ |title='sitooterie II' by heatherwick studio |work=Design Boom |date=15 July 2008 |last1=Designboom |first1=Nate Archer I. }}</ref>
* [[Southorn Playground]], [[Wan Chai]], Hong Kong (proposed redesign, 2005)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/510258/green-park-forms-heart-plan-revive-southorn-playground |title=Green park forms heart of plan to revive Southorn Playground |first=Chloe |last=Lai|date=30 July 2005 |work=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
* [[Pacific Place (Hong Kong)|Pacific Place]] renovation, Hong Kong (2005)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2011/12/05/pacific-place-by-thomas-heatherwick/ |title=Pacific Place by Thomas Heatherwick|first=Amy |last=Frearson |date= 5 December 2011 |work=Dezeen}}</ref>
* Konstam Restaurant, Kings Cross, London (interior design, 2006)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yellowtrace.com.au/konstam-restaurant-by-heatherwick-studios-london/ |title=Konstam Restaurant by Heatherwick Studios / London |first=Dana |last=Tomić Hughes |date= 4 September 2012 |work=Yellow Trace}}</ref>
* "Zip Bag" handbag for Longchamp<ref name="guardian" />
* Boiler Suit, [[Guy's Hospital|Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital]], London (facade and entrance, 2007)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/20/boiler-suit-by-thomas-heatherwick/ |title=Boiler Suit by Thomas Heatherwick |first=Marcus |last=Fairs |date=20 August 2007 |work=de zeen }}</ref>
* Studios Complex at [[Aberystwyth Arts Centre]], [[Aberystwyth University]] (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/information/history.shtml |title=History |publisher=Aberystwyth Arts Centre |access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3140937 |title=Heatherwick's shining start-ups open in Aberystwyth &#124; News &#124; Building Design |website=Bdonline.co.uk |date=22 May 2009 |access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Steve |last=Rose |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/may/27/thomas-heatherwick-artist-b-bang |title=Steve Rose meets designer Thomas Heatherwick, creator of the sculpture B of the Bang |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref>
* EDEN Singapore (2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archdaily.com/939539/eden-singapore-apartments-heatherwick-studio |title=EDEN Singapore Apartments / Heatherwick Studio |work=ArchDaily |date=14 May 2020 }}</ref>
* [[Maggie's Centre]], Leeds (2020)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2020/06/12/heatherwick-studio-maggies-centre-leeds-architecture/ |title=Heatherwick Studio designs plant-filled Maggie's Centre in Leeds |first=India |last=Block |date=12 June 2020 |work=Dezeen }}</ref>
*[[Lantern House]], a residential development in New York City (2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/heathersenison/2020/01/09/west-chelseas-highly-anticipated-lantern-house-debuts-interior-renderings-ahead-of-sales-launch/ |title=New York City’s Highly Anticipated Lantern House Debuts Interior Renderings Ahead Of Sales Launch|first=Heather|last=Senison|date=9 January 2020 }}</ref>
* The Glass House, [[Woolbeding Gardens]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/woolbeding-gardens/new-contemporary-glasshouse-at-woolbeding-gardens |title=The Woolbeding Glasshouse and Silk Route Garden |work=National Trust }}</ref>
* [[Azabudai Hills]], a mixed-use development in [[Minato, Tokyo|Minato City]], [[Tokyo]] (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archdaily.com/1010353/azabudai-hills-heatherwick-studio? |title=Azabudai Hills / Heatherwick Studio |website=ArchDaily |date=29 November 2023 |access-date=1 May 2025 }}</ref>
*  Xi’an Centre Culture Business District, [[Xi'an]], China (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://worldlandscapearchitect.com/xian-tree-creates-a-gathering-point-at-xian-centre-culture-business-district/?v=7885444af42e |title=Xi’an Tree creates a gathering point at Xi’an Centre Culture Business District |date=21 December 2024|work= World Landscape Architect }}</ref>
[[File:Hancock Blue Carpet 4346.JPG|thumb|Blue Carpet. At the points where this skin reaches a building, the slabs curve upwards to create the sensation of a fabric. Replacement tiles show the colour of the original concept.]]

==Approach to design==
Heatherwick Studio combines a wide range of design disciplines, including architecture, engineering, transport and urban planning to furniture, sculpture and product design.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/178551/heatherwick_studio_updated.pdf |title=Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary |website=Vam.ac.uk |access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref> Heatherwick has emphasised his dislike since his student days of "sliced-up ghettos of thought" which separate metalwork, product design, furniture design, embroidery, fashion, sculpture, and architecture into distinct departments, preferring to see all three-dimensional design as a single discipline.<ref name="guardian" /> Rather than working from flashes of inspiration, he compares the problem-solving orientation of his studio to solving a crime by a process of elimination.<ref name=Sooke/><ref name="guardian"/>

==Exhibitions and publications==
In 2012 the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] put on a retrospective of Heatherwick Studio's work, titled ''Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary''.<ref name=Sooke/><ref name=global/><ref>{{cite web |title= Heatherwick Studio: About the Exhibition |url= http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/heatherwick-studio-ex-hub/about-the-exhibition/ |publisher= V&A Website |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121203114653/http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/heatherwick-studio-ex-hub/about-the-exhibition/ |archive-date= 3 December 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary |url= http://www.dezeen.com/2012/05/30/heatherwick-studio-designing-the-extraordinary-at-the-va/ |newspaper=Dezeen}}</ref> 

The British Council hosted the major touring exhibition ''New British Inventors: Inside Heatherwick Studio''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://design.britishcouncil.org/blog/2016/nov/03/last-chance-catch-inside-heatherwick-studio/ |title= Inside Heatherwick Studio, Seoul &#124; Blog &#124; ADF &#124; British Council |website= Design.britishcouncil.org |date= 3 November 2016 |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref> In 2015 and 2016 the exhibition travelled to six venues in East Asia and reached over 409,109 visitors. The museums and galleries the exhibition travelled to include: Singapore National Design Centre; [[Central Academy of Fine Arts|CAFA]], Beijing; [[Power Station of Art]], Shanghai; [[PMQ (Hong Kong)|PMQ]], Hong Kong; [[Taipei Fine Arts Museum]]; and [[D Museum]], Seoul.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.britishcouncil.org/arts/heatherwick/ |title= Inside Heatherwick Studio |publisher= British Council |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref> The first US exhibition ''Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio'' travelled to three venues in North America in 2014 and 2015:<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.heatherwick.com/provocations-the-architecture-and-design-of-heatherwick-studio-september-2014-to-january-2015/ |title= Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio, September 2014 to January 2016 &#124; Heatherwick Studio |website= Heatherwick.com |access-date= 12 January 2017 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170106012315/http://www.heatherwick.com/provocations-the-architecture-and-design-of-heatherwick-studio-september-2014-to-january-2015/ |archive-date= 6 January 2017 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> [[Nasher Sculpture Center]], Dallas;<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/pages/news-press/press-releases/news?id=50 |title=Nasher Sculpture Center Announces Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio &#124; News & Press – Press Release |website= Nashersculpturecenter.org |access-date= 12 January 2017}}</ref> the [[Hammer Museum]], Los Angeles;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2015/provocations-the-architecture-and-design-of-heatherwick-studio/ |title= Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio – Hammer Museum |website= Hammer.ucla.edu |date= 20 February 2015 |access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> and the [[Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum]], New York City.

In 2012, coinciding with the Victoria & Albert exhibition, [[Thames and Hudson]] published ''Thomas Heatherwick: Making''.<ref name="guardian" /> A second volume was released in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thamesandhudson.com/Thomas_Heatherwick/9780500290934 |title=Essential illustrated art books: omas Heatherwick |publisher=Thames & Hudson Publishers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113231609/http://www.thamesandhudson.com/Thomas_Heatherwick/9780500290934 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Awards==
[[File:Spun magis red wiki.jpg|thumb|''Spun'' chair for Magis (2005)]]
Heatherwick's design awards include the [[Prince Philip Designers Prize]] (2006), the London Design Medal (2010),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londondesignfestival.com/british-land-celebration-of-design-old |title=London Design Medal |publisher=The London Design Festival |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814015639/http://www.londondesignfestival.com/british-land-celebration-of-design-old |archive-date=14 August 2015 }}</ref> the Tokyo Design and Art Environmental Award for designer of the year (2010),<ref>{{cite news |first=Rose |last=Etherington |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2010/10/08/heatherwick-and-yoshioka-to-receive-tokyo-design-art-environmental-awards/ |title=Heatherwick and Yoshioka to receive Tokyo Design & Art Environmental Awards |work=Dezeen |date=8 October 2010 |access-date=20 February 2023 }}</ref> the [[RIBA]] Lubetkin Prize (2010) for the UK Pavilion,<ref name="Lubetkin" /> and the [[Compasso d'Oro]] (2014) for the Magis {{Ill|Spun chair|it|Spun (sedia)}} (which is also held in the collection Compasso d'Oro collection of the [[ADI Design Museum]] in Milan).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poltroncina roteante "Spun" |url=https://www.adidesignmuseum.org/en/schede/spun/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=[[ADI Design Museum]] |language=}}</ref>

In 2004 he became the youngest practitioner to be appointed a [[Royal Designer for Industry]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dezeen.com/2012/05/30/heatherwick-studio-designing-the-extraordinary-at-the-va/ |title=Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary at the V&A |publisher=Dezeen |date=30 May 2012 |access-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> He was made an Honorary Fellow of RIBA in 2007<ref name="COI" /> and of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academy elects top engineers as Fellows at its 40th anniversary AGM |url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2016/september/academy-elects-top-engineers-as-fellows-at-its-40t |access-date=13 November 2016}}</ref> Heatherwick has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from the [[Royal College of Art]], [[University of Dundee]], [[University of Brighton]], [[Sheffield Hallam University]], [[University of the Arts London]], and [[Manchester Metropolitan University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmu.ac.uk/graduation/honorands/ |title=Honorary Awards 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015072910/http://mmu.ac.uk/graduation/honorands/ |archive-date=15 October 2007 |publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heatherwick.com/about/ |title=About |publisher=Heatherwick Studio|access-date=13 November 2013}}</ref> 

He was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2013 Birthday Honours]] for services to the design industry.<ref name=gaz31712>{{London Gazette|issue=60534 |supp=y|page=8|date=15 June 2013}}</ref>

In 2015, Heatherwick was named one of [[GQ]]'s 50 best dressed British men.<ref>{{cite news|title=50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015 |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015/ |work=GQ |date=5 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107145128/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015 |archive-date=7 January 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref>

In 2019, Heatherwick received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] presented by Awards Council member [[Julie Taymor]] during the International Achievement Summit in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= 2019 Summit Highlights Photo: Tony Award-winning film and theater director Julie Taymor presenting the Golden Plate Award to British designer Thomas Heatherwick at the Academy of Achievement's 53rd International Achievement Summit in New York City.|publisher= Academy of Achievement |url=https://achievement.org/summit/2019/}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|www.heatherwick.com|Heatherwick Studio}} – official site
* [https://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/10/features/master-builder Profile in Wired Magazine]
* [http://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/thomas-heatherwick-interview-my-passion-is-to-work-on-projects-with-a-public-dimension Interview Thomas Heatherwick for Studio International]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041205132727/http://www.icon-magazine.co.uk/issues/january/heatherwick.htm Profile in ''Icon'' magazine]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050209185031/http://www.icon-magazine.co.uk/issues/011/heatherwick.htm Heatherwick and the Conran Collection in ''Icon'' magazine]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093339/http://www.artandarchitecture.co.uk/PdfAndWord/2002/Thomas%20Heatherwick%20Feb%2002.pdf Profile in ''Art & Architecture'' – PDF]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/sep/26/urbandesign.architecture Profile in ''The Observer'' 26 September 2004]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120427045352/http://haunchofvenison.com/exhibitions/past/2009/thomas_heatherwick/ Extrusions] at haunchofvenison.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015117/http://www.frameandform.com/en/2011/03/13/glass-bridge-heatherwick-studio Glass Bridge in ''Frame and Form'' magazine]
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** [https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_heatherwick_building_the_seed_cathedral "Building the Seed Cathedral" (TED2011)] (also {{YouTube|oXbhTHaMwTw}})

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