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ArcelorMittal Orbit at night

ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower Completed

Olympic Park’s tallest stucture revealed.

Parade time: green people on St Patrick's Day 2012, by kenjonbro

The Friday Photos: Public Art, Parades And Parties

As part of our pre-election look at the mayor’s influence on London culture, a set of images focusing on outdoor art and events.

ArcelorMittal Orbit in the Olympic Park, by richwat2011

Boris and Ken: Culture Vultures?

What are the two frontrunners’ attitudes to arts and culture?

The Orbit and the Aquatics centre. The Shard can be seen to the left. Photo / Dean

In Pictures: The Orbit Tower In The Olympic Park

PIctures of the park’s tallest structure, which has reached its full height.

Image by ProphecyBlur in the Londonist Flickr pool.

Top 10 Massive Bits Of Art In London

Murals, statues, sculptures, grade II listed dinosaurs…they’re all in here.

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Video: Construction Of The Olympic Park’s Orbit Tower

Time-lapse video shows the growing ArcelorMittal Orbit. With a name that good, who needs a sobriquet?

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Cabe Calls For More Design Work On Olympic Tower

Design bloodhound, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, has stated that it cannot endorse the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower without further work on the proposals. Cabe’s problem? It’s all in the details. Their report says further attention needs to be paid to boring but …

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Early Sketches For “Orbit” Tower Revealed

A series of primitive early doodles for the ArcelorMittal Orbit, the spiralling tower that will be erected on the Olympic Park, have been released by Arup. The sketches apparently come from the cultured hands of the main men behind the design: Anish Kapoor (a Royal …

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Olympic Tower Scuppers Skylon’s Return

Among the many reasons one may have to dislike Boris Johnson’s Olympic vanity project is the fact that it has destroyed any chance of Skylon being rebuilt in the Stratford park, report Private Eye and the Architect’s Journal (subscription). A campaign to resurrect Skylon, the …