Jul. 23, 2012 at 1:19pm with 7 notes
ArcelorMittal OrbitLondonLondon2012Anish Kapoor
Moving on from London architecture to London2012 architecture: This is the ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor*. It’s a 115m tall steel sculpture/observation tower inspired by this thing and it has recently been built in Olympic Park. It was announced about 2½ years ago and from what I can tell the general public hate it, but that’s probably just because it’s really weird-looking and when it comes to landmark architecture the conservative are always the outspoken. Somewhat in response to this, some architecture critics are really starting to like it. I can’t really tell whether I think it looks good or not. I just love it because it’s super ridiculous. *credit also to structural engineer Cecil Balmond who somehow decided it was feasible.

Moving on from London architecture to London2012 architecture: This is the ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor*. It’s a 115m tall steel sculpture/observation tower inspired by this thing and it has recently been built in Olympic Park.

It was announced about 2½ years ago and from what I can tell the general public hate it, but that’s probably just because it’s really weird-looking and when it comes to landmark architecture the conservative are always the outspoken. Somewhat in response to this, some architecture critics are really starting to like it.

I can’t really tell whether I think it looks good or not. I just love it because it’s super ridiculous.

*credit also to structural engineer Cecil Balmond who somehow decided it was feasible.

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    arcelormittal orbit (london 2012 olympic park, stratford uk)
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