Fulcrum_(sculpture)

<i>Fulcrum</i> (sculpture)

Fulcrum (sculpture)

Sculpture by Richard Serra outside Liverpool Street station in London, installed in 1987

Fulcrum is a large sculpture by American artist Richard Serra installed in 1987 near the western entrance to Liverpool Street station, London, as part of the Broadgate development. The sculpture consists of five pieces of Cor-Ten steel, and is approximately 55 feet (17 m) tall.[1] Deyan Sudjic, director of the Design Museum, has called it one of London's "design icons".[2][3]

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As part of the redevelopment of 100 Liverpool Street, the sculpture had to be lowered by around 1.5 metres.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Fulcrum". Broadgate. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. [2]
    Sudjic, Deyan (2015). London in Fifty Design Icons. Conran. p. 66. ISBN 978-1840916928.
  3. [3]
    Sudjic, Deyan (4 September 2015). "London's greatest design icons: from Regent's Park to Brick Lane via the M25". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  4. [4]
    "1 Broadgate, London". Sir Robert McAlpine. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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