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April 29th, 2012, 05:31 AM
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April 29th, 2012, 05:18 PM
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April 29th, 2012, 05:39 PM
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It works very well if all the venues in the Park are lit with the colours of their respective look inside.
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"I can quite confidently and with pride say that if everything goes to plan London 2012 will be the best Olympic Games and will surpass Barcelona and Sydney in terms of atmosphere, style and achievement. And not just about the sport. The whole city and its people will come alive and want to be a part of this. It just feels right." DarJoLe, May 19th 2006. |
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May 5th, 2012, 11:03 PM
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Anish Kapoor's Orbit tower: the mother of all helter-skelters
Finally, after two years of planning wrangles, Britain's largest public sculpture towers over the Olympic park  ‘The closer you get to it, the less sense you can make of it’: The ArcelorMittal Orbit reaches completion in London’s Olympic park. Photograph: Stephen Hird Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...t-anish-kapoor |
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May 7th, 2012, 04:57 PM
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May 8th, 2012, 11:26 PM
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May 10th, 2012, 12:49 PM
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€ Scraping the sky €
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Looks great at night.
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May 11th, 2012, 12:02 PM
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Record Breaking Sculpture unveiled
The ArcelorMittal Orbit, the record-breaking sculpture designed for the Olympics, is officially unveiled in London. ArcelorMittal Orbit, by Anish Kapoor, is a 115m tall sculpture overlooking the Olympic Park and can be seen from 10 miles away. The tower, a collaboration between Kapoor and the engineer Cecil Balmond, is the tallest sculpture in the UK and offers extensive views of the Olympic Park and London's skyline. Taller than Statue of Liberty It is 22m taller than the Statue of Liberty in New York and offers unparalleled views of the entire Olympic Park and London’s skyline from a special viewing platform. In order to minimise disruption, the Orbit was put up without scaffolding, and essentially by three men: one in a crane and two rising slowly on cherry pickers, bolting the structure together. Visitors will be able to take a trip up the structure in a huge lift and will have the option of walking down the spiral staircase. Work to build the structure started in November 2010 and finished in April 2011. Tower of Babel Steel company ArcelorMittal - owned by steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal – funded £16m of the project with £3.1m provided by the London Development Agency. Speaking at the launch, Anish Kapoor said: “I wanted the sensation of instability, something that was continually in movement. Traditionally a tower is pyramidal in structure, but we have done quite the opposite. We have a flowing, coiling form that changes as you walk around it." "It is an object that cannot be perceived as having a singular image, from any one perspective," he said. “You need to journey round the object, and through it. Like a Tower of Babel, it requires real participation from the public.” http://www.channel4.com/news/record-...pture-unveiled
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May 11th, 2012, 12:10 PM
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May 11th, 2012, 12:34 PM
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London 2012 Olympics: ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture opened on Olympic Park but concerns over price
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oly...ver-price.html
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May 11th, 2012, 12:45 PM
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May 11th, 2012, 04:03 PM
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One of the mirrors inside.
 ArcelorMittal Olympic Orbit tower unveiled - take a look around. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18031170
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May 11th, 2012, 04:28 PM
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Artist hails Olympic Orbit tower 'awkward'
See http://www.itv.com/news/london/2012-...tower-awkward/
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May 11th, 2012, 05:39 PM
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Nice pics, but the tower is absolutely hideous. I tried to find a proper viewing angle, but I guess I wasn't that lucky
 I don't like it at all, sorry.
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May 11th, 2012, 05:43 PM
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