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Building the Seed Cathedral - Thomas Heatherwick

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A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.

According to Heatherwick, what was the challenge to building the Seed Cathedral?

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