Angel Wings, 2003, London
Concept
At 15 metres high and 18 metres across this sculpture is the winning entry in the national Architecture Foundation competition.
Angel Wings symbolically heralds the major entrance into the N1 shopping plaza. Elegant stainless steel wings flow above and around the functional kiosk ́s rounded body. Repetition of the quill texture in the wings suggests life and movement.
Detail
Hand-rolled stainless steel tubes are cut at an angle suggesting quills of a feather.
Satin, dull, matt and sandblasted finishes capture light in an ethereal array of reflections.
TEAM
Client
Delancey
Lead Artist
Wolfgang Buttress
Main Contractor
Wolfgang and Heron
Structural Engineers
Price and Myers
Architects
Letts Wheeler