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We're living through a quiet global catastrophe of soulless boring buildings. Join the campaign, launched by Heatherwick Studio, to make cities more human.
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What's Up Docs? Can buildings make us healthier? BBC Sounds
What's Up Docs? Can buildings make us healthier? BBC Sounds
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know: can buildings make us healthier?
How to build beautiful housing | The Observer
How to build beautiful housing | The Observer
The government has promised 1.5m new homes but housebuilders have no incentive to make them desirable, sociable, healthy places to live. We should expect more
Healthier buildings, brains & economies
Healthier buildings, brains & economies
We're living through a quiet global catastrophe of soulless boring buildings. Join the campaign, launched by Heatherwick Studio, to make cities more human.
What's more important? Blog by Thomas Heatherwick
What's more important? Blog by Thomas Heatherwick
We're living through a quiet global catastrophe of soulless boring buildings. Join the campaign, launched by Heatherwick Studio, to make cities more human.
Eight ways the outsides of buildings affect the inside of us
Eight ways the outsides of buildings affect the inside of us
We're living through a quiet global catastrophe of soulless boring buildings. Join the campaign, launched by Heatherwick Studio, to make cities more human.
Midori Omori on why human-centred design makes commercial sense
Midori Omori on why human-centred design makes commercial sense
We're living through a quiet global catastrophe of soulless boring buildings. Join the campaign, launched by Heatherwick Studio, to make cities more human.
Creative Community projects at the Seoul Biennale 2025
Creative Community projects at the Seoul Biennale 2025
These films tell the story of nine citizen-led projects at the 2025 Seoul Biennale. Their brief was to explore how the outsides of buildings make people feel...
Building Soul - new Radio 4 series
Building Soul - new Radio 4 series
We're living through a quiet global catastrophe of soulless boring buildings. Join the campaign, launched by Heatherwick Studio, to make cities more human.
Humanise on YouTube
Humanise on YouTube
A campaign for buildings and cities which are more joyful, engaging and human. Join us!
“Change takes time” – Inside the Humanise campaign against boring buildings - Design Week
“Change takes time” – Inside the Humanise campaign against boring buildings - Design Week
In October 2023, Thomas Heatherwick announced his Humanise campaign, to rid the world of boring soulless buildings. It’s fair to say it launched with a fanfare, as well as a book, a three-part Radio 4…
The Times: Would you go to a new town on a date?
The Times: Would you go to a new town on a date?
The designer argues that most modern buildings are making people lonely and unhappy — and don’t pass his simple test for what makes a good public space
A ‘once in a generation’ opportunity for the UK’s next wave of new towns
A ‘once in a generation’ opportunity for the UK’s next wave of new towns
We're living through a quiet global catastrophe of soulless boring buildings. Join the campaign, launched by Heatherwick Studio, to make cities more human.
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Ideas and opinions
We're living through a quiet global catastrophe of soulless boring buildings. Join the campaign, launched by Heatherwick Studio, to make cities more human.
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Humanise in the media
BBC Radio 4 - Building Soul with Thomas Heatherwick
BBC Radio 4 - Building Soul with Thomas Heatherwick
Available episodes of Building Soul: with Thomas Heatherwick
Thomas' TED Talk: The rise of boring architecture
Thomas' TED Talk: The rise of boring architecture
Where did all the lumps and bumps on buildings go? When did city architecture become so ... dull? Here to talk about why cities need inspiring architecture, designer Thomas Heatherwick offers a path out of the doldrums of urban monotony -- and a vision of cities filled with soulful buildings that people cherish for centuries.
Thomas Heatherwick: The King is right — my war on the building ‘blandemic’ in cities
Thomas Heatherwick: The King is right — my war on the building ‘blandemic’ in cities
The designer says Charles is spot-on about modern architecture and the middle-classes are scared to admit they agree with him
Heatherwick to launch anti-boring architecture MA with Loughborough Uni
Heatherwick to launch anti-boring architecture MA with Loughborough Uni
Heatherwick Studio has announced it is launching a new MA in architecture and design with Loughborough University based on the practice’s Humanise campaign
The Pearl Lam Podcast | Episode #4 | With Thomas Heatherwick
The Pearl Lam Podcast | Episode #4 | With Thomas Heatherwick
Wallpaper: Thomas Heatherwick's 'Humanise' is a book campaigning for joy in architecture
Wallpaper: Thomas Heatherwick's 'Humanise' is a book campaigning for joy in architecture
The Guardian: Thomas Heatherwick’s war on boring buildings: ‘I’ve never gone against the whole industry before
The Guardian: Thomas Heatherwick’s war on boring buildings: ‘I’ve never gone against the whole industry before
Dezeen: Humanise campaign launched to "spark a public conversation about the way buildings make us feel"
Dezeen: Humanise campaign launched to "spark a public conversation about the way buildings make us feel"
Architects' Journal: ‘Most modern buildings are boring’
Architects' Journal: ‘Most modern buildings are boring’
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