Street art · London
Photo: Beata May, CC BY-SA 3.0
Angel's Wings
By Thomas Heatherwick
Stand beneath "Angel's Wings" and watch a solid block of steel pretend it's paper — folded, twisted, faceted like giant origami. Think Richard Serra's heft crossed with a crane you'd fold in art class, catching sunlight between City towers.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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