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Astragal: A quiz show, a complaint, and a little concrete joy
BBC TV quiz show University Challenge had an architectural flavour in the run-up to Christmas
Heatherwick Studio
News about Heatherwick Studio, founded by designer Thomas Heatherwick, and coverage of the practice’s recently completed buildings
Boom time: Heatherwick’s profits up by £14m as turnover doubles
Heatherwick Studio has reported a 450 per cent increase in profits and a doubling of turnover, to a record £49.6 million, following an ‘extraordinary’ year
Heatherwick, ZHA and Fosters lose out in race for huge Chinese HQ job
Büro Ole Scheeren has won a major contest to design Tencent’s new headquarters in Shenzhen, China, selected from a shortlist which included Heatherwick Studio, Zaha Hadid Architects and Foster + Partners - some of the UK's biggest names
Heatherwick’s Humanise book: ‘A visual and textual bludgeoning’
This shouty book’s arguments against ‘boring’ buildings are too wafer-thin to obscure its true aim of self-promotion, argues Catherine Slessor. Photomontages by Maria Rodriguez
Allies and Morrison wins 2023 Building Beauty Awards for Worthing scheme
Allies and Morrison’s 15-storey Bayside apartment tower in Worthing, West Sussex, has won the 2023 Building Beauty Awards
Heatherwick secures spot on 2023 Building Beauty Awards shortlist
A kinetic glasshouse by Heatherwick Studio has been shortlisted in the second Building Beauty Awards
Thomas Heatherwick: ‘Most modern buildings are boring’
The renowned designer puts forward his provocative manifesto for less boring architecture and says the profession needs to care more about the experience of people on the street
BDP picked to deliver Heatherwick’s Nottingham Broad Marsh masterplan
BDP has won Nottingham City Council’s relaunched competition to deliver Heatherwick Studio’s vision for its huge Broad Marsh redevelopment
Heatherwick lands Dutch debut with tower of interlocking cylinders
London-based Heatherwick Studio and Rotterdam's Barcode Architects have won a competition to design an office, cultural and civic tower in Utrecht
Heatherwick Studio reveals plans for its first library project
Heatherwick Studio has unveiled images of its first library project, proposed for the city of Columbia, Maryland, USA