Thomas Heatherwick

“I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.”

“Historically, in the world of architecture, enormous amounts of care and energy have been lavished on things that are almost a cliched idea of culture.”

“To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge.”

“You can make people feel valued or cared for by design alone. It's not purely about money. It's about how we choose to value human experience.”

“You can make people feel valued or cared for by design alone. It's not purely about money. It's about how we choose to value human experience.”

“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.”