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London's Olympic Monument - Amazing or Ugly?

Fast Company:
"Over 375 feet high--that's 72 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty--Anish Kapoor's ArcelorMittalOrbit has been chosen as the monument to mark the London Olympics in 2012. The city's shy and retiring Mayor, Boris Johnson, has already nicknamed it the Hubble Bubble tower due to its striking resemblance to a shisha pipe.

"Work is due to start on the steel sculpture, which the Mayor is hoping will become a rival to Paris' Eiffel Tower, in the next few weeks. The cost of the 1,400 ton steel structure has been put at around $30 million, although most of the bill is being picked up by steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal who, like Kapoor, is India born, but resides in the British capital."

What do you guys think of this tower?

Tags: London's, Monument, Olympic

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Permalink Reply by IanJ on April 3, 2010 at 3:09pm
It's like they dropped a shoelace on the ground and sad "hey, lets make that out of steel tubes!" I have a hard time seeing any coherence in the design at all. I really hope they don't actually go through with this.

To be fair, they said the same about the Eiffel Tower.
Permalink Reply by MATT ZTS on April 5, 2010 at 11:44am
If it were a roller coaster I'd ride it
Permalink Reply by stephanie on April 5, 2010 at 12:48pm
It might represent the curse of life with its rather smooth up and down .I wouldn't compare it to the eiffel tower which is pointing straight up to the sky.
Permalink Reply by sAm on April 5, 2010 at 2:13pm
It's strangely confusing yet somewhat appealing. I bet it looks a lot better in person.

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