High-profile firm Heatherwick Studio recently took the wraps off a new £30 million (around US$40 million) museum in Cape Town, South Africa named the Zeitz MOCAA. The ambitious project involved transforming an existing grain silo into the country's largest art museum.
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Following their work on Google's new Mountain View headquarters, BIG and Heatherwick Studio have joined forces once again to collaborate on another office for the tech giant, this time in King's Cross, London. Assuming all goes well, construction is expected to begin in 2018.
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has effectively pulled the plug on the city's Garden Bridge amid concerns over ballooning costs. Envisioned as a greenery-filled crossing over the Thames, the Thomas Heatherwick-designed project ultimately proved very controversial.
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You could be forgiven for assuming that Vessel, the unusual staircase/art installation unveiled last year, wasn't going to be built – its size and ambitious nature lent it a never going to happen vibe. However, the project has indeed begun construction in NYC and is expected to open in late 2018.
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It's been a long time coming, but after being unveiled in 2015, running into trouble, and subsequently requiring a redesign, Google's new HQ has been given the green light by planners. The BIG and Heatherwick Studio-designed project is due to start construction later this year.
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New York's developing Hudson Yards neighborhood, of which High Line at the Rail Yards is already a part, will soon be home to a new public space with a unique artwork. Vessel will comprise a 150-ft tall "geometric lattice of intersecting flights of stairs" designed for climbing and exploring.
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Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Heatherwick Studio have submitted the revised plans for Google's Mountain View headquarters, giving us a good idea of what form the tech giant's completed digs will take.
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Heatherwick Studio, it of London's controversial Garden Bridge, has unveiled the design for a new cancer support center in Leeds, UK. Maggie's Yorkshire looks not unlike a series of plant pots filled with greenery. It aims to provide a calm and relaxed home for the support provided at the center.
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Following the unveiling – and subsequent rejection – of its ambitious new Mountain View headquarters, Google has reportedly submitted plans for a redesigned building that will be located on an unused plot the internet giant currently leases.
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Google recently revealed plans to construct an ambitious new headquarters in Mountain View, California. However, the city's newly-elected council members have reportedly put the future of the project in serious doubt and instead awarded the majority of the available land to LinkedIn.
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