While Londoners are admiring the rise of London’s tallest skyscraper, the Shard, by London Bridge station, it’s easy to forget that another tower is rising up fast in Stratford. The Orbit Tower will be 377 foot high (114.5m) when it’s completed and it’s rising up fast in East London. The construction of the Orbit Tower [...]

A special ceremony was held in the Olympic Park in Stratford, London yesterday to mark the start of construction work on the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower. London Mayor Boris Johnson, Lakshmi Mittal, chairman of the steel company ArcelorMittal, artist Anish Kapoor and Andrew Altman, chief executive of the Olympic Park Legacy Company, attended the ceremony. Situated [...]