About the Humanise book

The Humanise campaign was sparked by the book Humanise: a maker’s guide to building our world by the global designer Thomas Heatherwick.

Now published in a number of languages, this manifesto for change explores how buildings and cities around the world lost their soul – and what we can do about it.

Drawing on recent advances in neuroscience and psychology, and thirty years of making bold, beautiful buildings, Heatherwick takes us on a journey full of vivid stories and insights, illustrated with hundreds of compelling images.

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WHERE TO BUY

UK edition: Waterstones / Blackwells / Amazon
US edition: Barnes & Noble / Books-A-Million / Amazon
Chinese edition: Dang Dang / JD / TMall
Korean edition: Yes24 / Aladin / Kyobo
Japanese edition: Rakuten / Amazon
Brazilian edition: Olhares / Amazon
Taiwanese edition: Books.com / ESLite

“Humanise is a masterwork. It’s quietly furious, impassioned, rigorous and forensic in all the right doses. It leaves me very hopeful indeed about how things could go from here”

Alain de BottonCo-founder of The School of Life and author of The Architecture of Happiness

Resources for

reading groups

Free downloads for books groups using Humanise to start a converation about buildings and cities.

Discussion prompts for reading groups

Questions and ideas to get the conversation started.

About the book

All about the book, the author, and what readers have said.