Orbit Tower in London

[technowhistle]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8597069.stm

“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.”

It may be taller, but it looks like one of Homer Simpson’s outsider art pieces! At least the Statue of Liberty looks like something.

[Denny]

the Statue of Liberty was made by the French

[Hotblack]

I give it a couple of weeks of being open before the authorities deem it a ‘terrorist target’ and close it to the public (just like every other tall building in London that was once open and now isn’t).

[I.D.10-t]

@Hotblack

I give it a couple of weeks of being open before the authorities deem it a ‘terrorist target’ and close it to the public (just like every other tall building in London that was once open and now isn’t).

I would worry more about attacks from art lovers.

[MTGuru]

It looks like one of the structures in the “Life After People” programs - when after a thousand years of decay, all that’s left is the skeleton. Nice of our artists to pre-decay our buildings for us now. I guess thoughtfulness toward posterity is a hallmark of our times.

[Hotblack]

@I.D.10-t

@Hotblack

I give it a couple of weeks of being open before the authorities deem it a ‘terrorist target’ and close it to the public (just like every other tall building in London that was once open and now isn’t).

I would worry more about attacks from art lovers.

I’ll agree it’s not one of his better designs but I do quite like a lot of Anish Kapoor’s work.