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Anish Kapoor’s tangled tower at the heart of London 2012Artistic centrepiece of the 2012 Olympic Park will be slightly taller than Big Ben and the Statue of Liberty, just short of the Great Pyramid of Giza and considerably shorter than the structure to which it is being compared – the Eiffel Tower. And even though it is still just a computer-generated model, it is already gathering nicknames: the Colossus of Stratford, perhaps, or the Hubble Bubble.
The official title, however, will be the ArcelorMittal Orbit and it was yesterday unveiled as the £19.1m artistic centrepiece of the 2012 Olympic Park. Designed by artist Anish Kapoor and structural engineer Cecil Balmond, the 115 metre-tall red steel tower will dominate the east London landscape and become, it is hoped, a permanent visitor attraction for generations to come.
Most of the money for it – £16m – is being provided by the steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, Europe’s richest man, while the remainder will come from the Greater London Authority.
Thats even uglier than the Angel of the North it’s truly awful
Thought it was an April Fool when I first saw it…still kinda hoping it is! :lol:
It looks as if they have tried to replicate the Blackpool/Eiffel tower, and it’s gone horribly wrong!
It’s naff! And I hopes it’s an April Fool’s joke too.
Mind you, you should see whats proposed in Kent off the A2 near where I live…a bazillion foot white horse!I like white horses :)
Sounds great to me :lol:
We just have a sign.. Talk about keeping it simple! lol.
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