ArcelorMittal Orbit – Olympic park, London August 2012
The ArcelorMittal Orbit is a 115-metre-high sculpture and observation tower in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London. Designed by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond, it is Britain’s largest piece of public art and is intended to be a permanent lasting legacy of London’s hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The project was estimated to cost £19.1 million, with £16 million coming from Britain’s richest man, the steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal of ArcelorMittal steel company, and the balance of £3.1 million coming from the London Development Agency. Situated between the Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre it allows visitors to view the whole Olympic Park from two observation platforms. It has been both praised and criticised for its bold design – and I am still not personally convinced by it. But it certainly does make a statement. Read more about my visits to the London 2012 Olympic Games here.
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It really is a very unusual design. On the one side bold means people will remember and think of it and visitors may want to go and see it, but on the other side it could be seen as ugly. So I’m with you on this one. Undecided.
It really is a very unusual design. On the one side bold means people will remember and think of it and visitors may want to go and see it, but on the other side it could be seen as ugly. So I’m with you on this one. Undecided.
What lovely flowers!
Cheers,
Rosa
Not seen it up close, only from photographs… but I don’t think I like it and left thinking that something better could have been construted from the money…