"We need Heatherwick – he is unique in our generation"

Thomas Heatherwick has come in for criticism over his Humanise campaign, but here Aidan Walker mounts an impassioned defence of the British designer.There's a lot of commentary on Thomas Heatherwick flying about at the moment, much of it negative. Most recently it came in response to the news that Heatherwick's Humanise campaign is working with Loughborough University on a master's degree, due to start in autumn 2025 with a promise to "inspire joyful architecture". The publication of the studio'