HeatherwickStudio, Making House, 55 Argyle Street, London (2026)

11/06/2026

“The Sagrada Familia is comparable to Star Wars in terms of how much joy it’s given society” 😂

Did you catch designer Thomas Heatherwick and Tristram Carfrae from on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning?

28/02/2023

And here are some photos of the day that Bushra, Hannah, Hassan and Yana came into the studio to develop their design concept for the People's Pavilion.

The team describe their idea - 'the Boutique Pavilion' - like this:

“Our team used the idea of nature to communicate the message of unity, diversity, and culture, through the variation of flowers on each hexagon that is a part of the structure’s canopy. Each flower can represent a different country or nation and is open to interpretation. Often many flowers can have dual meanings for different countries and people. Thus, allowing the public to reflect on their own experiences and offer these interpretations of the flowers, makes it inclusive and interactive.

"In addition, the backdrop for the stage is a curved shape inspired by the idea of an open map to represent the fact that people of all cultures and diversities are welcome. It also has multiple leaf-shaped cutouts to enhance the theme of nature further. The Pavilion also represents nature through the pillars’ tree-like structure and honeycomb-structured canopy forming three flowers.
"Overall, we wish for our Pavilion to provide shelter, allowing people to feel safe and welcome while bringing everyone together through the beautiful theme of nature in a sustainable way."

Please vote for their design via the link in our bio!

Images:

28/02/2023

And here are some photos of the day that Bushra, Hannah, Hassan and Yana came into the studio to develop their design concept for the People's Pavilion.

The team describe their idea - 'the Boutique Pavilion' - like this:

“Our team used the idea of nature to communicate the message of unity, diversity, and culture, through the variation of flowers on each hexagon that is a part of the structure’s canopy. Each flower can represent a different country or nation and is open to interpretation. Often many flowers can have dual meanings for different countries and people. Thus, allowing the public to reflect on their own experiences and offer these interpretations of the flowers, makes it inclusive and interactive.

"In addition, the backdrop for the stage is a curved shape inspired by the idea of an open map to represent the fact that people of all cultures and diversities are welcome. It also has multiple leaf-shaped cutouts to enhance the theme of nature further. The Pavilion also represents nature through the pillars’ tree-like structure and honeycomb-structured canopy forming three flowers.
"Overall, we wish for our Pavilion to provide shelter, allowing people to feel safe and welcome while bringing everyone together through the beautiful theme of nature in a sustainable way."

Please vote for their design via the link in our bio!

Images:

17/01/2023

Ever feel like cities aren’t designed for you? You’re not alone.

Eliot Postma is one of Heatherwick Studio’s Group Leaders. He has led our work on Google’s new campus at Bay View in California and our designs for Olympia in West London and the tropical Performing Arts Centre in Hainan. He also understands why modern urban environments are so often mundane, unhealthy and harmful.

In the latest Unearthed podcast, the architect tells Philippa White how we’ve ended up with many cities round the world that “fundamentally feel soulless. They’ve got flatter, colder and less human.” They’re also more disposable and play a catastrophic role in accelerating climate change. But it doesn’t have to be like this. In an wide-ranging interview, Eliot outlines how Heatherwick Studio is driven by public projects that connect with people on an emotional level.

To listen in full, see the link in our bio.

11/10/2022

It’s less than 30 days until COP27 kicks off in Sharm el-Sheikh. Instead of feeling overwhelmed or downbeat, let’s take a moment to feel inspired by the latest in sustainable design.

Conversations at COP will rightly focus on the fundamental changes required to cut carbon emissions. Construction is currently responsible for 39% of the global total. And according to the World Green Building Council, the energy used to heat, cool and light buildings accounts for 28% of that figure.

So where are the buildings turning this round (small & large)? Who is behind them? And how can we celebrate and learn from the progress being made?

Some of the best work we have managed in this space over the past few years has been at Bay View in California, working alongside and the team at .

The project was Google's first ground-up campus. They couldn’t have been clearer that sustainability was central to all aspects of the design, as they seek to operate every hour of every day on carbon-free energy by 2030. And that got us thinking about how we could utilise the power of the sun, the rain and the earth.

The canopies of Bay View that resulted are draped with 50,000 photovoltaic 'dragon scale' panels developed for the project. These alone generate enough power to meet roughly 40% of the energy demands of the campus.

The distinctive shape of the roof also allows for the collection of rainwater, which is then recycled throughout the site - an essential feature in a region frequently subject to drought. Retention ponds capture roughly seven million gallons of storm water and create new wetland habitats for flora and fauna.

More information about the project can be found in our bio, while the video above helps bring this to life.

And what about you? Where are you finding inspiration ahead of COP? Share some encouragement and give a shout-out to people that are being brave and buildings that are setting the pace.

Maybe the UK’s first Passivhaus secondary school in Sutton? Or driving the agenda for low embodied carbon and the use of mass timber in the UK via their Black and White Building in Hackney? Let us know!

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01/09/2022

Movement has the power to spark an emotional response.

A bridge. A table. A chair. A building façade. All solid and steadfast, more often than not. But when you bring movement into the equation, bridges can roll, desks can expand, chairs can rotate like spinning tops and buildings can shift their shape and transform in unexpected ways.

This video showcases just a few of our ‘moving’ projects. They were inspired by everything from Rubik’s Cubes to children’s toys and animatronic dinosaurs (Jurassic Park proved an early influence for our Rolling Bridge in Paddington).

But we think that kinetic design is more than just a bit of fun. It has a rare power to intrigue and delight us. By animating the typically inanimate, objects and buildings can become playful, surprising, even spectacular. Movement can humanise the things we make and love.

Let us know which moving objects and buildings have particularly connected with you. We’ll share some of our favourites later in the week.

18/08/2022

Yesterday we shared three Heatherwick projects you might want to visit on your summer holidays. Here’s part two, featuring a project and some exhibitions we think are worth checking out.

4. Little Island, New York, US

is a public park on the Hudson River, where visitors can experience nature amongst rolling hills, winding pathways and viewpoints over the water and across New York. You can take part in free art-making activities every Wednesday through Sunday and there is also a regular cultural programme. This week, Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra will showcase Afro Latin and Middle Eastern seafaring traditions through music, with a host of special guests.

The park is formed by 280 individual piles that come together to form the undulating topography of the park, angled for performance and theatre spaces. It’s also home to more than a hundred different species of indigenous trees and plant.

5. ‘Metalworks – Designing & Making’, Konschthal Esch, Luxembourg

Three of the studio’s metal-based objects – Extrusions, Spun and a petal from the cauldron designed for the London 2012 Olympic Games – are on show in this exhibition at until 4th September. It looks at the links between the industrial past and contemporary visual arts.

6. ‘Summer Exhibition 2022’, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

You have four more days to visit this Summer Exhibition, which features two of our models showcasing British retrofit projects: Broad Marsh, Nottingham and Parnham Park, Dorset. This is a response to a brief that asked to see examples of how material practices are being changed by the demands of the climate crisis.

7. ‘Motion. Autos, Art, Architecture’, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Curated by Norman Foster, this exhibition at showcases nearly 40 automobiles chosen for their beauty, technical innovation or unique vision of the future - from Bond cars to Ford classics. A scale model of Airo, our own pollution-eating car being made with IM Motors, is among those on display.

We hope you’re having a lovely summer. And if you’re visiting one of our projects, don’t forget to tag us!

05/08/2022

Cycling fans! If you are mourning the end of the first ever Tour de France Femmes last weekend, here is something that might soften the blow…

It’s the inaugural Heatherwick Studio Tour de Glasshouse!

We’ve designed two glasshouses, built almost a decade apart, in the UK. The first, the Bombay Sapphire gin distillery in Hampshire, is located around 75km away from the second, the new Glasshouse at Woolbeding in Sussex. Which got us thinking: What would it be like to cycle between the two?

Step forward our amazing Immersive Media Specialist Silvia Rueda Cuellar to take up the challenge.

Watch the video to see how she got on…

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