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Spiral tower, 2000 - Private collection, New York, 2000 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Spiral tower, 2000
Private collection, New York, 2000
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Spiral tower, 2000 - Private collection, New York, 2000 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Spiral tower, 2000
Private collection, New York, 2000
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Spiral tower, 2000 - Private collection, New York, 2000 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Spiral tower, 2000
Private collection, New York, 2000
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Model for Spiral tower, 2000 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2012 - Photo: Viola Heyn-Johnsen
Model for Spiral tower, 2000
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2012
Photo: Viola Heyn-Johnsen
Model for Spiral tower, 2000 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2012 - Photo: Viola Heyn-Johnsen
Model for Spiral tower, 2000
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2012
Photo: Viola Heyn-Johnsen
Sketch for Spiral tower, 2000 by Einar Thorsteinn
Sketch for Spiral tower, 2000 by Einar Thorsteinn
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The tower consists of two parallel circular walls joined by an arched structure overhead. An outer doorway allows the visitor access to a circular tunnel; an inner doorway opens onto the uncovered central space. All surfaces are formed using steel tubes that are fixed on the outer surface at ground level and spiral upwards, following an 18° angle over the arched roof, and continue to spiral downwards on the inner surface to the ground at the same angle. Each steel tube is thus wrapped a full 360° around the tower.