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First look at Heatherwick’s under-construction Shanghai ‘tree mountain’
New photographs and drone footage have been released of an almost-built 300,000m² tree-covered development near Shanghai’s art district designed by Heatherwick Studio
Heatherwick Studio
News about Heatherwick Studio, founded by designer Thomas Heatherwick, and coverage of the practice’s recently completed buildings
Heatherwick and BIG’s £600m Google HQ at King’s Cross set for approval
Camden Council is set to back plans for a 300m-long headquarters for internet giant Google at King’s Cross designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio
Under construction: first peek at Heatherwick’s King’s Cross shopping scheme
New photographs have been released of Heatherwick Studios’ conversion of two Grade II-listed coal drop buildings at King’s Cross, a scheme which is currently under construction
Tories demand probe into Hodge’s Garden Bridge inquiry
A Conservative member of the London Assembly has attacked Margaret Hodge’s report on the Garden Bridge, claiming she broke Parliamentary rules during her research and was paid, despite the GLA saying she would work pro bono
Google submits plans for Heatherwick and BIG’s £600m HQ at King’s Cross
Internet giant Google has submitted long-awaited plans for a massive new headquarters at King’s Cross designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio
New FOI reveals early fears over escalating Garden Bridge budget
The charity behind the Garden Bridge voiced its alarm at the bridge’s escalating cost within weeks of the scheme being unveiled in 2013, new correspondence released to the AJ under Freedom of Information has revealed
Sadiq Khan pulls plug on Garden Bridge
London mayor Sadiq Khan today signalled the likely death of the Garden Bridge by refusing to provide Boris Johnson’s long-promised mayoral guarantee for its operation and maintenance costs
The era of follies is over
Architect Ian Ritchie defends the critics of the Thames Garden Bridge proposal
Heatherwick’s ‘staircase to nowhere’ steps into New York
The first pieces of a £115 million landmark installation, designed by Heatherwick Studio and featuring 154 intersecting flights of stairs, have arrived in New York
Why the Garden Bridge should be built
The focus of some critics on procedure has become the enemy of creativity in the Garden Bridge saga, says Paul Finch