Thomas Heatherwick

Quick Facts

Full Name	Thomas Heatherwick
Occupation	Designer
Date Of Birth	Feb 17, 1970(1970-02-17)
Age	54
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Thomas Heatherwick Biography

Thomas Heatherwick is one of the most popular and richest Designer who was born on February 17, 1970 in London, England, United Kingdom. Coal Drops Yard is a public space as well as a shopping destination located in King’s Cross, London. The renovation project consisted of two structures built in 1850, and used to receive cargo coming from north England. The design ties two buildings together by stretching the roofs of the two buildings toward each other until they touch. This adds a third level and separate centre for the site’s linear layout. The roofs that are stretched protect the lower yard, which could be used for hosting events. The third floor will have the views over King’s Cross, the Francis Crick Institute and Cubitt Square. This project is part of the larger regeneration programme in the area led by Argent LLP and King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership (KCCLP). Coal Drops Yard was approved through planning in December 2015 and completed in the month of October in 2018.

In 2002, Heatherwick Studio designed The Rolling Bridge (also called “the curling bridge”) as part of the redevelopment in Paddington Basin. The bridge will move across the canal each Thursday and Wednesday at 12 noon, as well as on Saturdays at 2pm, however, it is not in operation. In order to allow access to the upcoming river traffic the bridge curves into an Octagon. The bridge is made up of eight triangular segments that are hinged on the walkway. It is joined to the walkway by two links that fall towards the deck, under the direction by hydraulic pistons. The Rolling Bridge won the 2005 British Structural Steel Award.

In 2005 Heatherwick Studio completed the East Beach Café at Littlehampton, West Sussex. The large steel structure houses a café by daytime and restaurant in the evening. The concept allowed the steel to rust and the colours to develop over time before being fixed with a transparent oil. The café won a RIBA National Award in 2008.

Heatherwick has won numerous design awards including the Prince Philip Designers Prize (2006), the London Design Medal (2010), the RIBA Lubetkin Prize (2010) for the UK Pavilion. In 2004 he became the youngest practitioner to be appointed a Royal Designer for Industry.

After graduation in 1994 from RCA In 1994 Heatherwick established Heatherwick Studio. Conran approached Heatherwick to create an inside display display at Conran Shop. Conran Shop, and this resulted in Conran’s first official commission. Mary Portas saw the display stand and decided to commission Heatherwick to create an exhibit in 1997 for London Fashion Week at the Harvey Nichols department store.

Thomas Heatherwick Net Worth

Thomas Heatherwick is one of the richest Designer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Thomas Heatherwick 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Heatherwick was born in London on the 17th of February, 1970. His great- grandfather’s father was owner of Jaeger which was the top London fashion company while his father was reporter Nicholas Tomalin. After completing primary school at Wood Green, north London his school was at the exclusive Sevenoaks School in Kent. He also went to an institution called the Rudolf Steiner School Kings Langley situated in Hertfordshire where they place the accent on gardening, handiwork and a unique kind of performance art known as Eurythmy. He was a three-dimensional designer through Manchester Polytechnic and at the Royal College of Art (RCA). While he completed his senior year at the RCA at the time of 1994 Heatherwick was introduced to the designer Terence Conran who was invited to deliver an address to the school. Conran began to become a tutor for Heatherwick after seeing her plan to build a gazebo out of two pieces for his master’s thesis, 6 metres high curved stacks made of birch plywood. He also helped in its construction through inviting Heatherwick to build it at his country house.

Thomas Alexander Heatherwick, CBE Thomas Alexander Heatherwick, CBE RDI (born on 17th February, 1970) is an English designer, and is the designer behind the London-based design studio Heatherwick Studio. Since the end of the 1990s, Heatherwick has become one of Britain’s top designers. Heatherwick collaborates with a group that includes around 180 designers, architects and makers in the workshop and studio located in King’s Cross, London.

Heatherwick’s design for B of the Bang, a £1.42 million 56m-high sculpture of 180 giant steel spikes, was unveiled outside the City of Manchester Stadium in

2005. It was the tallest public sculpture ever erected in Britain. The structure was commissioned to commemorate the 2002 Commonwealth Games and was named after a quote from former Olympic sprint champion Linford Christie and meant to symbolise the burst of energy as an athlete shoots out of the blocks.

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Heatherwick has been involved in the design of many projects, some controversial, including the Olympic Cauldron, the New Routemaster bus, and the UK pavilion at Expo 2010. Other notable projects include the renovation of the Hong Kong Pacific Place, the cancelled Garden Bridge, a proposed plan for a biomass power station in BEI-Teesside, and the Vessel in New York.

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Thomas Ranked on the list of most popular Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Thomas Heatherwick celebrates birthday on February 17 of every year.

In 2012 the Victoria and Albert Museum put on a major retrospective of the studio’s work. The exhibition was titled “Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary” and was curated by Abraham Thomas.

What does Thomas Heatherwick believe in?

Heatherwick designs as an optimist, and his earnestness can sometimes even seem a bit naïve. “You’ve got to believe the best of others ,” he said when we were discussing the political travails of the Garden Bridge and Pier 55.

Is Thomas Heatherwick a registered architect?

This, more than the fact that Heatherwick has no professional training as an architect , makes his increasing presence within the architecture fraternity slightly ambiguous.

What is Heatherwick Studio known for?

Heatherwick Studio is a team of over 200 problem solvers dedicated to making the physical world around us better for everyone. Based out of our combined workshop and design studio in Central London, we create buildings, spaces, master-plans, objects and infrastructure.

What did Thomas Heatherwick study?

Thomas Heatherwick studied three-dimensional design at Manchester Polytechnic and at the Royal College of Art. In 1994 he founded Heatherwick Studio, which is recognised for its work in architecture, urban infrastructure, sculpture, design and strategic thinking.

How old is Thomas Heatherwick?

52 years (February 17, 1970)