The New Wave

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Designer Thomas Heatherwick is on a mission to make London wobbly.

Not even Guy's Hospital is immune to his wavy wand. It's a meshy business, says Helen Kirwan-Taylor

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The New Wave

Guy's Hospital at London Bridge is undergoing an extraordinary aesthetic transformation. Where once there were grey, ugly civic buildings, now stands a vast structure of undulating silver mesh.

This gloriously incongruous creation is the work of Thomas Heatherwick, a multi-disciplined designer whose work ranges from handbags to huge public sculpture. He is the man behind the famous Rolling Bridge in Paddington Basin and the City of Manchester Stadium's B of the...

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