Thomas Heatherwick on generosity in urban design and how to sustain a project’s momentum

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Jul 23, 202637:52Society & Culture

We assess two long-running London projects: Thomas Heatherwick joins us to talk about Olympia; while Nick Watson outlines the decades of progress at Elephant Park.

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