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Old 31-03-2010, 05:15 PM #1
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A spiralling sculpture designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Anish Kapoor has been chosen as the monument to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The 115m tall piece, named the ArcelorMittal Orbit, will be placed in the Olympic Park and will be 22m higher than New York's Statue of Liberty.

The £19.1m design incorporates the five Olympic rings and will offer visitors panoramic views of London.

London Mayor Boris Johnson revealed plans for the tower on Wednesday.

"I am deeply honoured to be invited to undertake this challenging commission," Kapoor said.

"I am particularly attracted to it because of the opportunity to involve members of the public in a particularly close and personal way. It is the commission of a lifetime."

The artist will work with leading structural designer, Cecil Balmond of engineering firm Arup.
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Beautiful. I love it.
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I quite like it tbh
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it looks really cool
its massive!
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Not sure what it actually is but looks interesting.
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Nathan thats not a good picture of it.


On London ITV Local News it (the model) looked good.
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Well thats ... different
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Was this one of the rejected logos?

What an incredibly stupid sturcture. I'm counting on you, Bin Laden.
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What an incredibly stupid sturcture. I'm counting on you, Bin Laden.
preferably with anyone involved in this monstrosity inside it. its almost as bad as the b of the bang.
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i usually love things like this, but in this case im not sure if i love it or hate it
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i dont know what i think of it? Its cool yet ugly?
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He does Not Wank
He Shoots It Up You.
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Yeah I'd argee with that.
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London 2012


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What a ****ing mess LMAO

It looks like somthing a 9 year old made in Art.
Its not even sitting on the ground properly, trust them to give London the **** stuff tbh.
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I like it, its modern
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Looks like someone pissed up tried to build a rollercoaster
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I think it was something but melted in the sun

Oh no wait.... UK..... no, not that
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Oh no wait.... UK..... no, not that
Nah its an April Fool joke this time tomorrow we will be sat chuckling saying I never fell for it.....
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