Thomas Heatherwick reported to be consulting on a UK Covid memorial
The Times is reporting that Thomas Heatherwick has met with members of the British government as recently as March in what could be discussions surrounding a future memorial to COVID-19 victims in the UK. Heatherwick has done a number of high-profile commissions in the city of his birth over the past decade. Cabinet Office Minister Chloe Smith took a meeting with the 51-year-old architect although nothing further has been confirmed in terms of his involvement. Related: Thomas Heatherwick on Archinect Sessions podcast, "Problem-solving with Thomas Heatherwick" A commission for a memorial has been announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a May address to parliament. The memorial will be established at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. An online fundraiser has already garnered more than £2.3 in donations from across the commonwealth. Johnson told the House of Commons it was a “solemn duty” to construct a national memorial. There is a fraught history recently between Heatheriwck an...
The Times is reporting that Thomas Heatherwick has met with members of the British government as recently as March in what could be discussions surrounding a future memorial to COVID-19 victims in the UK.
Heatherwick has done a number of high-profile commissions in the city of his birth over the past decade. Cabinet Office Minister Chloe Smith took a meeting with the 51-year-old architect although nothing further has been confirmed in terms of his involvement.
Related: Thomas Heatherwick on Archinect Sessions podcast, "Problem-solving with Thomas Heatherwick"
A commission for a memorial has been announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a May address to parliament. The memorial will be established at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. An online fundraiser has already garnered more than £2.3 in donations from across the commonwealth.
Johnson told the House of Commons it was a “solemn duty” to construct a national memorial.
There is a fraught history recently between Heatheriwck an...
