Heatherwick Studio

Raw naturalism and the sweet side of American hard maple

Hard maple is an abundant species from the American hardwood forest which is widely underused. The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) are endeavouring to recognise hard maple’s true potential in design, particularly as a link between the home and the natural world.

Projects

Thomas Heatherwick transcends luxury living, in EDEN

EDEN eschews the shiny, enclosed tower typology of high-end housing in favour of a more humanistic approach that celebrates Singapore’s tropical setting.

Ideas

Heatherwick Studio on Craft in a Machine Age

Digital design and fabrication methods can generate new forms that we’d have never otherwise imagined. But will there be something missing if human minds and hands are expelled from the process?

Projects

The Silo By Heatherwick Studio

Elana Castle wakes up to a sweeping views of Cape Town’s verdant mountain-scape and Waterfront precinct from the innards of an historic grain silo, thanks to an ingenious architectural transformation by Heatherwick Studio.

Projects

“That Epic Project Everyone’s Talking About”: Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary Art Africa)

How a decommissioned grain silo became Africa’s largest museum of contemporary art. Elana Castle interviews project architect Stepan Martinovsky from Heatherwick Studio about the radical transformation.

Raw naturalism and the sweet side of American hard maple

Thomas Heatherwick transcends luxury living, in EDEN

Heatherwick Studio on Craft in a Machine Age

The Silo By Heatherwick Studio

“That Epic Project Everyone’s Talking About”: Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary Art Africa)

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