Thomas Heatherwick has suffered his third cancelled project in as many months, with his studio's plans to revamp the David Geffen Hall at New York's Lincoln Center now no longer going ahead.
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic announced they are scrapping London-based Heatherwick Studio and Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects' $500 million redesign of the orchestra's home.

The news follows the cancellation of Heatherwick's Pier 55 scheme, also proposed for the city, and the designer's Garden Bridge for the UK capital.
Reasons why the overhaul for the David Geffen Hall has been dropped are not yet clear, but a joint statement from Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic suggests that the proposal to completely gut the concert hall was too drastic.
A replacement project will instead focus on a masterplan that will be completed in phases and won't necessitate that the orchestra hall be closed for long periods of time.
"After a concentrated period of deep review and thoughtful evaluation, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic have decided to re-envision the strategy that will steer

the forthcoming renovations of David Geffen Hall," said the statement.
"The two organisations will forgo the original design proposal, and instead move forward with a new masterplan ? one that will be ambitious, but will centre primarily on improving audience and artist experiences inside the hall, and ...