The skeletal tower, assembled ahead of schedule, is estimated to open in early 2019.

A new museum of contemporary African art heightens the sculptural power of the 1920s industrial complex in which it is housed.

The museum, housed within a historic grain silo, is dedicated to contemporary African art.

Plans for two of the British designer’s highly publicized projects—Pier 55 in Manhattan and the Garden Bridge in London—have come to a halt.

Envisioned as the centerpiece of the development’s public plaza, the structure will comprise 154 flights of interconnecting stairs.

Drawing comparisons to an M.C. Escher composition, a pinecone, or even an insect’s exoskeleton, Thomas Heatherwick’s Vessel is a 16-story steel pavilion with 80 viewing platforms, 154 flights of stairs, and almost 2,500 steps.

Lincoln Center spent more than $1 billion on a series of renovations by Diller Scofido + Renfro, while leaving two of its largest buildings untouched. Now it plans to spend $500 million to renovate the interior of David Geffen Hall.

Google's radical proposal for flexible offices includes stackable modular components.

Since Thomas Heatherwick conceived his puffy UK pavilion (known as the Seed Cathedral) for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, his London-based firm, Heatherwick Studio, has been on a roll. Its design for a park on Pier 55 on the Hudson River in New York (funded mostly by Barry Diller, the head of IAC/InterActiveCorp) has attracted attention—and stirred controversy.

The billionaire chats with RECORD about his Thomas Heatherwick-designed island, disagreeing with Frank Gehry, and why he hates Jean Nouvel's 100 Eleventh Avenue.