Skylon (Q7537939)

  • matcher place: London Congestion Charge (way 227880171), London (relation 65606), Greater London (relation 175342), London Borough of Lambeth (relation 184710)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1951 in London, Demolished buildings and structures in the United Kingdom, Festival of Britain, Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Lambeth, Tensile architecture, Towers completed in 1951, Towers in London, World's fair architecture in London
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Skylon was a futuristic-looking, slender, vertical, cigar-shaped steel tensegrity structure located by the Thames in London, that gave the illusion of 'floating' above the ground, built in 1951 for the Festival of Britain.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Le Skylon était une structure d'acier tenségrité de forme futuriste, mince, verticale, en forme de cigare, située près de la Tamise à Londres, qui illusion de "flotter" au-dessus du sol, construite en 1951 pour le Festival of Britain.

Wikidata location: 51.5047, -0.1186 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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work of art (Q838948) tourism=artwork
sculpture (Q860861) artwork:type=sculpture, artwork_type=sculpture

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Towers completed in 1951 man_made=water_tower, building=tower, man_made=tower
Towers in London man_made=water_tower, building=tower, man_made=tower