• Thomas Heatherwick’s war on boring buildings: ‘I’ve never gone against the whole industry before’

    Thomas Heatherwick’s war on boring buildings: ‘I’ve never gone against the whole industry before’
    The designer says architecture is gripped by a ‘blandemic’ that isn’t merely blotting our streets, but making us miserable, ill and violent. So what’s his solution?Thomas Heatherwick is sitting down with a delegation from Singapore when I arrive at his new open‑plan office in central London, so I busy myself admiring the seating options in the waiting area. There are clever spinning-top chairs that his studio developed in 2010; seats removed from one of the Routemas

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