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Building Soul - with Thomas Heatherwick: How to Ditch Boring and Humanise Our Cities

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Designer Thomas Heatherwick offers his practical vision for a better urban future.

Thomas Heatherwick argues that an adventurous urban landscape would make us happier and healthier, but at what cost?

Should the buildings that surround us be more interesting and diverse? Givers, not just takers. Could cities be filled with curves and creativity? An adventurous urban landscape that makes everyone happier and healthier.   

In this final part of the series, designer Thomas Heatherwick puts forward his manifesto for a future where places are built around the idea of emotion as a function - full of character, built to last, and designed to serve the passers-by. This isn’t romantic thinking. It’s a practical vision for a better future that benefits everyone. A call to humanise our world.

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