I have mentioned this building by Thomas Heatherwick before, but its well worth another gander as its just picked up the Lubetkin Prize. Its really not like a building, more a sculpture, but its overall form is so simple; its a cube with rounded corners. Its the external treatment which gives it its magic. I can see why its been dubbed the 'Dandelion' but i get the feeling that this rendering was a bit of a punt, design wise. I am not suggesting its a fluke in any way, Heatherwick knew this was going to be special, but i am not sure they knew exactly how it would turn out. How can you accurately predict or imagine how 60,000, 7.5 metre long acrylic strands are going to look? Hang? React to light and weather? What i am saying is that it is a suprising structure, and maybe the designer was a tiny bit suprised by its reality too, but in a very very good way.
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