Watch a timelapse video of the ArcelorMittal Orbit being built.
Mike Pollitt | Tuesday 8 May, 2012 14:56
I can’t warm to this structure. Not tall enough to be awesome, and not ugly enough to compel.
It’s been likened to a rollercoaster gone wrong, but watching this video I think it most evokes the cranes which built it.
It probably looks better when you’re at the top.
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