Thomas Heatherwick
Designer
1970-02-17
Books by Thomas Heatherwick
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Quotes by Thomas Heatherwick
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I studied at a time when buildings were sterile things, and their creators were hands-off people - super-intelligent people, but you felt they didn't love the stuff buildings are made from.
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I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.
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I am finally getting the chance to build large structures and break preconceptions that my designs are just sculptures for people to be in. But my work always comes down to the human scale.
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I'm in love with cities. I find them amazing, the quiet co-ordination of thousands of people, going about what we're trying to do, and that organism of the city nurturing human aspiration, and the actual city fabric itself being a special thing rather than just infrastructure.
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When I was little, I just was very tuned in to the functionality and aesthetics of things around me.
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