London Olympic tower designed by Kapoor

WTF is that? Looks like an unfinished ride in Blackpool?

I'm guessing the fireworks they use at the opening ceremony will be from local Newsagents?

I'm guessing the fireworks they use at the opening ceremony will be from local Newsagents?

Asbo youths setting fire to vauxhall novas.....

It all looks like someone has taken an interesting and maybe beautiful shape, put a hand around it and squeezed, mushing it all together, bending elegant curves into ugly kinks.

It's a droopy wilted flower.

Looks like a Terminator's turd. Cyberdyne Systems model T-800, natch.

Post of the day. Untoppable.

It'll be fine when they take the red scaffolding off.

http://londonist.com/2009/11/digital_cloud_thing_proposed_for_ol.php

The bubble cloud design was much nicer looking, I wonder what the other 50 finalists designs were like and if we will ever get to see what we could have had.....

i bet they poo pooed the eiffel tower when it was first built
this is a 21st century version

In 50 years time we get to go..

"see.. it's still shit.. covered in tourists but still shit"

Of the 700 proposals submitted in a design competition, Gustave Eiffel's was unanimously chosen. However it was not accepted by all at first, and a petition of 300 names - including those of Maupassant, Emile Zola, Charles Garnier (architect of the Opéra Garnier), and Dumas the Younger - protested its construction.

i think the eiffel tower is ok for a jumbo mecchanno set
stayed the test of time
hopefully this will too and as it's on my doorstep i hope it is good when finished

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10338048.stm

Danny Boyle to direct opening ceremony.

I'm still gonna hang around to watch Oz get spanked by Team USA though.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10338048.stm

Danny Boyle to direct opening ceremony.

They should have got Danny Dyer to do it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12584721

It's taking shape…

So they haven't scrapped this piece of shit then?

Beg to differ Mr Glover - looks friggin' awesome, and very very clever engineering.

No. It's disgusting. I have not seen worse.

It reminds me of a tower crane accident.

I like it, a lot.

it looks like king kong has used the eiffle tower as a tooth pick and dumped it in london.

I'm trying with this one, trying....

How much will it cost to ride? I'm sure the queues will be horrendous..

So, just wondering.

Is there anyone who actually likes the Kapoor tower?

Or who can at least "justify" it from a cultural/art perspective?

It's as shit as the Olympics that it represents.

yes, perfect match