Anish Kapoor Orbit tower

London 2012:

Anish Kapoor Orbit tower takes shape

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Building work on Anish Kapoor's spiralling tower is continuing in London's Olympic Park. Sections of the ArcelorMittal Orbit are being lifted into place by a crane with nearly a third of the £22m structure under completion.

Anish Kapoor's massive artwork that will tower over London

London Mayor Boris Johnson unveils designs for 'Britain's answer to the Eiffel tower', to be built in Olympic park.

Kapoor's Orbit, a vast, snaking steel structure, will dominate the 2012 Olympic park. It is being hailed as London's answer to the Eiffel tower and is part of an ambition to make the Olympics site a permanent visitor attraction.

photo © The Guardian

Ce case isi trag barosanii din lumea artei: astazi, Anish Kapoor

A passageway through a nondescript block of flats leads Jonathan Glancey from The Guardian to the artist Anish Kapoor's new home: a quiet oasis filled with sculpture, light and green spaces.















© Photograph: David Levene, via The Guardian