Monday, May 14, 2012

See The Hideous New Olympic Tower That Has Enraged London

See The Hideous New Olympic Tower That Has Enraged London:
ArcelorMittal Orbit
In preparation for the Olympics, London has just finished construction of the ArcelorMittal Orbit: a sculpture tower sponsored by the European steel company that soars 376 feet into the air.
It should be a moment of triumph. The last two times London created massive sponsored vanity art structures—the Dome exhibition space and the Eye Ferris wheel—Londoners liked them so much they became permanent additions to the skyline.
There's just one problem: Aside from designer/artist Anish Kapoor, engineer Cecil Balmond, and Arcelor CEO Lakshmi Mittal, everyone thinks it's the ugliest structure they've ever seen.


This is what the Orbit is supposed to look like in the best of all possible worlds.



This photo, like most in this gallery, is from George Rex Photography. Other images are from the ArcelorMittal Orbit media web site, and various Flickr users, as credited.



The Orbit is made of 366 star-shaped steel nodes like this one.



This picture is from the ArcelorMittal Orbit web site.



The nodes were bolted together in circles and stacked by cranes.





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