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Thomas Heatherwick took three strikes of bad luck in a row after scrapping his firm’s renovations of the David Geffen Hall at the Lincoln Center, New York.
The Lincoln Center along with the New York Philharmonic declared the cancellation of the $500 million-worth revamp of the orchestra’s home. The project was going to be a collaboration between the Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects and Heatherwick studio.
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The London-based Heatherwick firm also suffered two recent successive blows. The first was the cancellation of the Pier 55 scheme which was proposed for the city of New York. The second one was also the scrapping of Thomas Heatherwick’s design of the Garden Bridge in London. Although the reason behind dropping the project are unknown, the drastic make-over the redesign involved would probably be it. An alternative project suggested that the renovations would be done in phases so that the concert hall won’t be closed for long.
Image via lincolncenter.org
“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,” the statement said.
“The two organizations will forgo the original design proposal, and instead move forward with a new masterplan – one ...