# Building the Seed Cathedral

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Thomas Heatherwick
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_heatherwick_building_the_seed_cathedral)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Building the Seed Cathedral](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/thomas_heatherwick_building_the_seed_cathedral/931a86b65a90), 17 min (TED's player)