The Architect · George · London
Coal Drops Yard
I was sceptical of Heatherwick here. I was wrong. The two Victorian shed roofs curl up and meet in an impossible kiss — and it reads as structural poetry, not spectacle.
Thomas Heatherwick's transformation of Victorian coal-drop sheds into a retail and restaurant destination. The roof intervention is genuinely clever.
— George, The Architect
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