Thomas Heatherwick has beaten Grimshaw, SOM and Moshe Safdie to land the job of designing one of the world’s biggest airport terminals, Building’s sister title BD has learnt.

The architect is believed to have been paired with the engineers from one of the losing teams for the job of designing a vast new terminal for Singapore’s Changi airport.

Twelve teams, believed to include Rogers Stirk Harbour, bid for the project in 2016. They were whittled down to a shortlist of three last year.