Founder & Design Director, Heatherwick Studios, United Kingdom
Thomas Heatherwick, CBE, is Founder and Design Director of Heatherwick Studio, the London-based architecture and design practice renowned for creating some of the world’s most distinctive public spaces, buildings, and urban destinations. Trained in three-dimensional design at Manchester Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art, he leads a multidisciplinary team working across architecture, urban design, infrastructure, hospitality, and public realm projects worldwide. His landmark works include Little Island in New York, Vessel at Hudson Yards, and numerous cultural and mixed-use developments that reimagine how people connect with places and cities.