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July 11th, 2008, 08:49 PM
July 10th Will be a day to Remember for Teessiders as it sees the Official Launch of 'Land of the Giants' The Biggest Public Art Project in the World! It will see 5 giant structures being built right across the Region costing £15 million, The first to be launch is Temenos at Middlehaven and here is the article from the local Gazette Website:
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2008/07/10/planet-s-biggest-public-art-project-set-for-teesside-84229-21317699/
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THE TEES Valley is to become the Land of Giants on the international art map.
The largest public art initiative the world has ever seen was being launched today by Tees Valley Regeneration.
Tees Valley Giants will be a £15m series of five world-class art installations by renowned sculptor Anish Kapoor and leading structural designer Cecil Balmond, of Arup.
And the first of the massive works will be on Middlesbrough’s Middlehaven site near Boro’s Riverside Stadium.
It will be 110m long and 50m high. It will cost £2.7m and planning consent is being sought for the structure.
It is hoped to start work in the autumn with the steel mesh sculpture being completed next summer.
It has been named Temenos - a Greek word meaning land cut off and assigned as a sanctuary or holy area.
The stainless steel cables of the structure reflect the heritage of Middlesbrough and the Tees Valley.
Its construction will call on the traditional twin skills of the region - precision engineering and heavy industry.
Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond are known for the monumental scale of their work.
They are two of the most sought after names in the art world.
Their works can be seen in prominent positions around the world including New York, Chicago and Beijing.
TVR has worked for several years to bring the huge arts project to the Tees Valley.
TVR’s chief executive Joe Docherty said: “Anish Kapoor’s and Cecil Balmond’s public artworks are known around the world for their size, complexity and the ambition of their vision, which is why we believe they are the right artists for this project.”
He said the work being unveiled today was the first in a series of five monumental pieces each related in terms of scale and engineering. Temenos would put the Tees Valley and wider region firmly on the map in terms of its long-term vision and ambition, he said.
“It has always been our pledge to bring only the best to the Tees Valley and to have artists of this calibre working on not just one, but five installations is a resounding result for the area.
“Temenos will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Transporter Bridge as a landmark for future generations,” he said.
Temenos will be sited at the North-eastern corner of Tees Dock and be part of the overall regeneration of the Middlehaven site - one of five flagship projects being spearheaded by TVR.
Temenos is funded by the government initiative, The Northern Way, the regional development agency One NorthEast, the Arts Council England, the Northern Rock Foundation, Middlesbrough Football Club and BioRegional Quintain.
Over the next 10 years sculptures will also be installed at Stockton, Hartlepool, Darlington and Redcar and Cleveland. They will add up to the biggest public art project in the world.
Anish Kapoor will be working with long-standing collaborator Cecil Balmond, deputy chairman of engineering consultants Arup and founder of the world leading Advanced Geometry Unit at Arup. Anish has won countless major art awards and his work appears in galleries including the Tate museums, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum.
Anish said: “I relish the chance to work in an area like the Tees Valley where there is a real and growing appreciation of art and its place within resurgent communities. I have visited the area and welcome the prospect of playing a part in this renaissance from the start.”
Cecil Balmond said: “It is always fascinating to work with Anish. His design outlook creates new spatial geometries with interesting structural possibilities.”
The vision and ambition of the Giants project is already being hailed in the North-east.
Middlesbrough Mayor Ray Mallon said: “We are an ambitious town who are clearly punching above our weight and a project of this quality is yet another example of our drive and determination to succeed.
“I believe this art work, at the very heart of the regeneration work being carried out at Middlehaven, will become a symbol and focus location which can truly stand the test of time.”
Steve Gibson, chairman of Middlesbrough Football Club, said: “We all had a great vision for Middlehaven when we moved to the Riverside Stadium in 1995 so we are naturally pleased to support a scheme that will help to make that vision a reality.
“Football supporters who visit the Riverside from around the country will see this iconic piece of art and that can only help to further improve the town’s changing image.”
Councillor Ken Lupton, Stockton Council’s leader, said: “The Giants will make yet another bold statement about the Tees Valley and its ambitions. Along with projects such as the new River Tees bridge and cultural events like the Stockton International Riverside Festival, they will well and truly put this area on the international map.”
Redcar and Cleveland Council leader, Councillor George Dunning, said: “What would be ideal for Redcar and Cleveland Council and the Tees Valley is an iconic piece of public art similar to the Angel of the North.”
Alan Clarke, Chief Executive of One NorthEast, said: “Temenos will be an important symbol of the on-going regeneration of the Tees Valley and will play a major part in the wider culture-led regeneration of the North East.”
Mark Robinson, executive director, Northern Rock Foundation, said: “The first of the Tees Valley Giants is a resonant and moving response to Middlehaven and the spirit of the place.”
BioRegional Quintain’s managing director Peter Halsall said: “Temenos continues the theme at RiversideOne of the art of the possible. This new and beautiful structure, strengthening the profile of the project both in the UK and internationally, will be part of what makes this a great place to live, work and relax in.”
Professor Graham Henderson, University’s vice chancellor of the University of Teesside, said: “The project will provide a visible manifestation of the new levels of ambition and creativity that are being seen in Middlesbrough, and across the Tees Valley, on a daily basis through the attitudes, behaviours and achievements of so many organisations - not least my own university.”
Hugh Lang, Tees Valley Unlimited’s chairman, said: “I believe the kind of artwork unveiled by TVR today will make a real contribution to showing we really are going places.”
Martyn Pellew, group development director of PD Ports, said: “This new symbol planned at Middlehaven will represent a celebration of the Tees Valley’s regeneration and will further demonstrate the support the region’s business community has toward inward investment.”
Joe’s flash of art inspiration
Joe Docherty
THE LAND of Giants idea came as a “Eureka” moment for Joe Docherty, Tees Valley Regeneration’s chief executive.
A chance remark during a discussion in London in 2003 put forward the idea of bringing Anish Kapoor’s 590ft Marsyas creation to the Riverside site.
The possibility of the work made from bright red PVC membrane being brought to Teesside was reported in the Evening Gazette under the headline Middlehaven vies with Athens and New York.
But Joe Docherty wanted something new for Teesside.
“I thought it would be better to commission a particular piece of work for Teesside rather than have something which had been shown elsewhere.
“We have seen what culture can do as part of an integrated programme of change. We have the best college in England nearing completion at Middlehaven and BioRegional Quintain is embarking on a £200m development on the site.”
Mr Docherty said the idea of the Tees Valley Giants came into his mind late one night. He jotted down the idea and he has been working to progress it ever since.
He said the initial suggestion of bringing the Marsyas sculpture to Middlehaven acted as “the grit in the oyster” which was producing the pearl.
He said: “I thought if it is possible to pull off getting one giant sculpture then why not go for five.”
Mr Docherty said it has been easy to engender enthusiasm for the idea.
Chief executive of TVR for the past five years Mr Docherty, 37, grew up in Glasgow.
He previously worked for Barclays Bank. He joined as a graduate trainee, analysing who the bank should invest in, touring Africa to look at banking opportunities and had a spell as assistant to the bank chairman.
He moved into a structured property investment team which lent millions for major projects like the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
Mr Docherty says one of the things that really motivates him is the possibility of creating some public good.
Angel of the North success is blueprint for Temenos
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jul2008/7/6/0C172CD1-BA67-7CC0-F2C6F87D4BCCB3E5.jpg
THE Angel of the North is a success story on a massive scale.
And the Tees Valley can be part of the success which comes with large-scale artwork, say experts.
Despite being fantastically controversial when it was announced, Antony Gormley’s Angel has become an icon of the North-east’s renaissance - and an official Icon of England - in the 10 years it’s stood over Tyneside.
Built in Hartlepool, the £1m project is taller than five double- decker buses. But it will be dwarfed by Temenos.
Andrew Dixon, chief executive of tourism agency the NewcastleGateshead Initiative, said the Angel has already paid for itself several times over.
“The Angel of the North has been worth millions to the promotion of NewcastleGateshead,” he explained, adding that the Tees Valley could also reap huge rewards from the impact of the Land of the Giants.
“The North-east is now established as the leading region in Europe for public art.
“The vision behind this project will be a turning point in the national and international profile of the Tees Valley.”
We should embrace colossal ambition transforming the image of our area
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jul2008/4/3/0C14C754-9773-96A9-53391B115E5F530A.jpg
THE growing confidence and belief in the Tees Valley today reaches gigantic proportions.
With the largest public art initiative in the world to be started here in the next few months, we will attract interest and admiration from around the globe.
And we should embrace the colossal ambition that is transforming the image of our area - from industrial netherland into the Land of the Giants.
A £15m series of five huge and inspirational works from world-renowned sculptor Anish Kapoor elevates us to a heady place among the biggest players in the art world.
The first of these, at 110 metres long and 50 metres high, dwarfs the Angel of the North - and will surely become an iconic image for the Tees Valley, the North-east, and the country as a whole.
The sheer scale and breathtaking complexity of this monumental stainless steel structure - named Temenos - will capture the imaginations of people from all parts of the world.
And it’s being built right here, next to the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, where it will bolster our burgeoning Tees Pride.
Anish Kapoor and structural designer Cecil Balmond are two of the most sought-after names in the art world. Their works can be seen in New York, Chicago and Beijing.
Now add to that list Middlesbrough, Stockton, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool and Darlington.
What a fantastic coup this is for our area.
Whatever anyone’s personal view of a piece of public art, the reality is that iconic structures of this magnitude and style are modern wonders of the world.
The regeneration of the Tees Valley is already going along apace. And not least among the new projects to grace the area is the multi-million pound mima, Middlesbrough’s Institute of Modern Art.
That showed the level of our new ambition. And it captured the true spirit of regeneration - showing it is about more than bricks and mortar, but also about the heart and soul of a community.
The audacious nature of this massive public art venture underlines that desire and belief.
By bringing the artistic best to the Tees Valley we are showing a confidence, drive and ambition, that raises our profile to a higher level.
Make no mistake: whether you think you will like the £2.7m Temenos and its four sister works or not, the outsiders’ view of our area will never be the same.
And on the inside we should be bursting with pride that we have the ability and the vision to make such a statement about our area and ourselves.
These works of art epitomise style, structural mastery and outrageous ability.
And allied to the artistic eye that inspired Temenos, its stainless steel structure reflects the area’s heritage, while its construction will call on our modern engineering skills.
By commissioning such first class, high-profile, artwork, we show the sort of courage, self-confidence and commitment that will surely inspire even more regeneration - and even more inward investment.
This is a red letter day for the future of the Tees Valley.
The men who make dreams come true:
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jul2008/7/7/0C21E9CA-E110-B7D9-02CDC6687124BC87.gif
SAYING these two men do things differently is a bit like saying Bill Gates has a few dollars tucked away.
Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond have made their names by creating the most striking, the most talked about, the most cutting-edge and the most breath-taking pieces. And they’ll be doing it again when they take on the biggest public art project the world has ever seen - Teesside’s Land of the Giants.
Sculptor Kapoor’s dreams will be brought to life by the man that can, structural engineer and architect Balmond.
Kapoor’s sculptures tend to be bold, curvacious and big - very, very big. So far, the nearest his work has come to Teesside was the 100ft-high Taratantara, which went on display in renowned Gateshead gallery the Baltic in 1999.
The stretched red PVC archway was specially commissioned to mark the building’s transition from flour mill to global centre for modern art.
Four years ago, Kapoor broke the States with Cloud Gate - one of the world’s biggest public sculptures. The mirrored surface squishes and twists Chicago’s heady skyline as visitors wander around its base, in the city’s Millennium Park. The same year he started work on a monument to the British killed in 9/11. The granite block will be the centrepiece of a memorial garden a stone’s-throw from where the atrocity took place.
Balmond’s CV is just as impressive. Having worked on some of the world’s most daring buildings and sculptures, he has a trademark knack for taking on projects that seemingly can’t be done - and doing them with staggering results.
He’s the technical wizard behind the CCTV Headquarters and Television Cultural Centre in Beijing. The skyscraper, which will feature a hotel, theatre and visitors’ centre, is due to be completed next year.
Land of the Giants won’t be the first time Kapoor and Balmond have worked together. In 2002 they collaborated to create Marsyas - a gigantic trumpet- like sculpture, pictured left, that could pass as a distant relative of Temenos.
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2008/07/10/planet-s-biggest-public-art-project-set-for-teesside-84229-21317699/
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jul2008/9/7/0C105722-BAA4-8502-6114BFDCD72DC1E2.jpg
THE TEES Valley is to become the Land of Giants on the international art map.
The largest public art initiative the world has ever seen was being launched today by Tees Valley Regeneration.
Tees Valley Giants will be a £15m series of five world-class art installations by renowned sculptor Anish Kapoor and leading structural designer Cecil Balmond, of Arup.
And the first of the massive works will be on Middlesbrough’s Middlehaven site near Boro’s Riverside Stadium.
It will be 110m long and 50m high. It will cost £2.7m and planning consent is being sought for the structure.
It is hoped to start work in the autumn with the steel mesh sculpture being completed next summer.
It has been named Temenos - a Greek word meaning land cut off and assigned as a sanctuary or holy area.
The stainless steel cables of the structure reflect the heritage of Middlesbrough and the Tees Valley.
Its construction will call on the traditional twin skills of the region - precision engineering and heavy industry.
Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond are known for the monumental scale of their work.
They are two of the most sought after names in the art world.
Their works can be seen in prominent positions around the world including New York, Chicago and Beijing.
TVR has worked for several years to bring the huge arts project to the Tees Valley.
TVR’s chief executive Joe Docherty said: “Anish Kapoor’s and Cecil Balmond’s public artworks are known around the world for their size, complexity and the ambition of their vision, which is why we believe they are the right artists for this project.”
He said the work being unveiled today was the first in a series of five monumental pieces each related in terms of scale and engineering. Temenos would put the Tees Valley and wider region firmly on the map in terms of its long-term vision and ambition, he said.
“It has always been our pledge to bring only the best to the Tees Valley and to have artists of this calibre working on not just one, but five installations is a resounding result for the area.
“Temenos will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Transporter Bridge as a landmark for future generations,” he said.
Temenos will be sited at the North-eastern corner of Tees Dock and be part of the overall regeneration of the Middlehaven site - one of five flagship projects being spearheaded by TVR.
Temenos is funded by the government initiative, The Northern Way, the regional development agency One NorthEast, the Arts Council England, the Northern Rock Foundation, Middlesbrough Football Club and BioRegional Quintain.
Over the next 10 years sculptures will also be installed at Stockton, Hartlepool, Darlington and Redcar and Cleveland. They will add up to the biggest public art project in the world.
Anish Kapoor will be working with long-standing collaborator Cecil Balmond, deputy chairman of engineering consultants Arup and founder of the world leading Advanced Geometry Unit at Arup. Anish has won countless major art awards and his work appears in galleries including the Tate museums, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum.
Anish said: “I relish the chance to work in an area like the Tees Valley where there is a real and growing appreciation of art and its place within resurgent communities. I have visited the area and welcome the prospect of playing a part in this renaissance from the start.”
Cecil Balmond said: “It is always fascinating to work with Anish. His design outlook creates new spatial geometries with interesting structural possibilities.”
The vision and ambition of the Giants project is already being hailed in the North-east.
Middlesbrough Mayor Ray Mallon said: “We are an ambitious town who are clearly punching above our weight and a project of this quality is yet another example of our drive and determination to succeed.
“I believe this art work, at the very heart of the regeneration work being carried out at Middlehaven, will become a symbol and focus location which can truly stand the test of time.”
Steve Gibson, chairman of Middlesbrough Football Club, said: “We all had a great vision for Middlehaven when we moved to the Riverside Stadium in 1995 so we are naturally pleased to support a scheme that will help to make that vision a reality.
“Football supporters who visit the Riverside from around the country will see this iconic piece of art and that can only help to further improve the town’s changing image.”
Councillor Ken Lupton, Stockton Council’s leader, said: “The Giants will make yet another bold statement about the Tees Valley and its ambitions. Along with projects such as the new River Tees bridge and cultural events like the Stockton International Riverside Festival, they will well and truly put this area on the international map.”
Redcar and Cleveland Council leader, Councillor George Dunning, said: “What would be ideal for Redcar and Cleveland Council and the Tees Valley is an iconic piece of public art similar to the Angel of the North.”
Alan Clarke, Chief Executive of One NorthEast, said: “Temenos will be an important symbol of the on-going regeneration of the Tees Valley and will play a major part in the wider culture-led regeneration of the North East.”
Mark Robinson, executive director, Northern Rock Foundation, said: “The first of the Tees Valley Giants is a resonant and moving response to Middlehaven and the spirit of the place.”
BioRegional Quintain’s managing director Peter Halsall said: “Temenos continues the theme at RiversideOne of the art of the possible. This new and beautiful structure, strengthening the profile of the project both in the UK and internationally, will be part of what makes this a great place to live, work and relax in.”
Professor Graham Henderson, University’s vice chancellor of the University of Teesside, said: “The project will provide a visible manifestation of the new levels of ambition and creativity that are being seen in Middlesbrough, and across the Tees Valley, on a daily basis through the attitudes, behaviours and achievements of so many organisations - not least my own university.”
Hugh Lang, Tees Valley Unlimited’s chairman, said: “I believe the kind of artwork unveiled by TVR today will make a real contribution to showing we really are going places.”
Martyn Pellew, group development director of PD Ports, said: “This new symbol planned at Middlehaven will represent a celebration of the Tees Valley’s regeneration and will further demonstrate the support the region’s business community has toward inward investment.”
Joe’s flash of art inspiration
Joe Docherty
THE LAND of Giants idea came as a “Eureka” moment for Joe Docherty, Tees Valley Regeneration’s chief executive.
A chance remark during a discussion in London in 2003 put forward the idea of bringing Anish Kapoor’s 590ft Marsyas creation to the Riverside site.
The possibility of the work made from bright red PVC membrane being brought to Teesside was reported in the Evening Gazette under the headline Middlehaven vies with Athens and New York.
But Joe Docherty wanted something new for Teesside.
“I thought it would be better to commission a particular piece of work for Teesside rather than have something which had been shown elsewhere.
“We have seen what culture can do as part of an integrated programme of change. We have the best college in England nearing completion at Middlehaven and BioRegional Quintain is embarking on a £200m development on the site.”
Mr Docherty said the idea of the Tees Valley Giants came into his mind late one night. He jotted down the idea and he has been working to progress it ever since.
He said the initial suggestion of bringing the Marsyas sculpture to Middlehaven acted as “the grit in the oyster” which was producing the pearl.
He said: “I thought if it is possible to pull off getting one giant sculpture then why not go for five.”
Mr Docherty said it has been easy to engender enthusiasm for the idea.
Chief executive of TVR for the past five years Mr Docherty, 37, grew up in Glasgow.
He previously worked for Barclays Bank. He joined as a graduate trainee, analysing who the bank should invest in, touring Africa to look at banking opportunities and had a spell as assistant to the bank chairman.
He moved into a structured property investment team which lent millions for major projects like the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
Mr Docherty says one of the things that really motivates him is the possibility of creating some public good.
Angel of the North success is blueprint for Temenos
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jul2008/7/6/0C172CD1-BA67-7CC0-F2C6F87D4BCCB3E5.jpg
THE Angel of the North is a success story on a massive scale.
And the Tees Valley can be part of the success which comes with large-scale artwork, say experts.
Despite being fantastically controversial when it was announced, Antony Gormley’s Angel has become an icon of the North-east’s renaissance - and an official Icon of England - in the 10 years it’s stood over Tyneside.
Built in Hartlepool, the £1m project is taller than five double- decker buses. But it will be dwarfed by Temenos.
Andrew Dixon, chief executive of tourism agency the NewcastleGateshead Initiative, said the Angel has already paid for itself several times over.
“The Angel of the North has been worth millions to the promotion of NewcastleGateshead,” he explained, adding that the Tees Valley could also reap huge rewards from the impact of the Land of the Giants.
“The North-east is now established as the leading region in Europe for public art.
“The vision behind this project will be a turning point in the national and international profile of the Tees Valley.”
We should embrace colossal ambition transforming the image of our area
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jul2008/4/3/0C14C754-9773-96A9-53391B115E5F530A.jpg
THE growing confidence and belief in the Tees Valley today reaches gigantic proportions.
With the largest public art initiative in the world to be started here in the next few months, we will attract interest and admiration from around the globe.
And we should embrace the colossal ambition that is transforming the image of our area - from industrial netherland into the Land of the Giants.
A £15m series of five huge and inspirational works from world-renowned sculptor Anish Kapoor elevates us to a heady place among the biggest players in the art world.
The first of these, at 110 metres long and 50 metres high, dwarfs the Angel of the North - and will surely become an iconic image for the Tees Valley, the North-east, and the country as a whole.
The sheer scale and breathtaking complexity of this monumental stainless steel structure - named Temenos - will capture the imaginations of people from all parts of the world.
And it’s being built right here, next to the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, where it will bolster our burgeoning Tees Pride.
Anish Kapoor and structural designer Cecil Balmond are two of the most sought-after names in the art world. Their works can be seen in New York, Chicago and Beijing.
Now add to that list Middlesbrough, Stockton, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool and Darlington.
What a fantastic coup this is for our area.
Whatever anyone’s personal view of a piece of public art, the reality is that iconic structures of this magnitude and style are modern wonders of the world.
The regeneration of the Tees Valley is already going along apace. And not least among the new projects to grace the area is the multi-million pound mima, Middlesbrough’s Institute of Modern Art.
That showed the level of our new ambition. And it captured the true spirit of regeneration - showing it is about more than bricks and mortar, but also about the heart and soul of a community.
The audacious nature of this massive public art venture underlines that desire and belief.
By bringing the artistic best to the Tees Valley we are showing a confidence, drive and ambition, that raises our profile to a higher level.
Make no mistake: whether you think you will like the £2.7m Temenos and its four sister works or not, the outsiders’ view of our area will never be the same.
And on the inside we should be bursting with pride that we have the ability and the vision to make such a statement about our area and ourselves.
These works of art epitomise style, structural mastery and outrageous ability.
And allied to the artistic eye that inspired Temenos, its stainless steel structure reflects the area’s heritage, while its construction will call on our modern engineering skills.
By commissioning such first class, high-profile, artwork, we show the sort of courage, self-confidence and commitment that will surely inspire even more regeneration - and even more inward investment.
This is a red letter day for the future of the Tees Valley.
The men who make dreams come true:
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/gazettelive2/jul2008/7/7/0C21E9CA-E110-B7D9-02CDC6687124BC87.gif
SAYING these two men do things differently is a bit like saying Bill Gates has a few dollars tucked away.
Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond have made their names by creating the most striking, the most talked about, the most cutting-edge and the most breath-taking pieces. And they’ll be doing it again when they take on the biggest public art project the world has ever seen - Teesside’s Land of the Giants.
Sculptor Kapoor’s dreams will be brought to life by the man that can, structural engineer and architect Balmond.
Kapoor’s sculptures tend to be bold, curvacious and big - very, very big. So far, the nearest his work has come to Teesside was the 100ft-high Taratantara, which went on display in renowned Gateshead gallery the Baltic in 1999.
The stretched red PVC archway was specially commissioned to mark the building’s transition from flour mill to global centre for modern art.
Four years ago, Kapoor broke the States with Cloud Gate - one of the world’s biggest public sculptures. The mirrored surface squishes and twists Chicago’s heady skyline as visitors wander around its base, in the city’s Millennium Park. The same year he started work on a monument to the British killed in 9/11. The granite block will be the centrepiece of a memorial garden a stone’s-throw from where the atrocity took place.
Balmond’s CV is just as impressive. Having worked on some of the world’s most daring buildings and sculptures, he has a trademark knack for taking on projects that seemingly can’t be done - and doing them with staggering results.
He’s the technical wizard behind the CCTV Headquarters and Television Cultural Centre in Beijing. The skyscraper, which will feature a hotel, theatre and visitors’ centre, is due to be completed next year.
Land of the Giants won’t be the first time Kapoor and Balmond have worked together. In 2002 they collaborated to create Marsyas - a gigantic trumpet- like sculpture, pictured left, that could pass as a distant relative of Temenos.