Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

http://www.ted.com A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.

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[roidroid]

is this guy a real person? he just seems too cute, like he's an actor playing a well written character.

[Mohammad Amin]

And here I thought that this would be boring... I WAS DAMN WRONG :D

[avedic]

I wish Terence McKenna was alive to see all this. He often talked about how one day we would manifest our inner visions and the world of fractal geometry outward into architecture...the shell within which we live. The inner made manifest. Well, this is that. And it's only the beginning. Imagine what we will create 50 years from now. It's almost unfathomable to imagine. But getting a glimpse like this makes me so inspired and excited. This is an amazing time to be alive.

[jodroboxes]

Looks like a good skate spot! :)

[Orest P]

He's way out of his league when he's talking about urban design. I think he ended on a weak note with that last project. Every thing else is spectacular, though.

[Travis B. Masterson]

Awesome work¡

[grahamhg]

No I know, but he does work as one.

[Alba Haca]

In fact, he's not architect =)

[harry te riele]

Well, I don't..



[Dane Scott]

I bet engineers hate this guy haha

[Antonio Aguirre]

WOW