Ride the London Eye
Feb 20, 2020
3 minutes
For 20 years, one large eye has watched over the antics of the UK’s capital city, attracting 3.5 million customers every year. But how was the London Eye designed?
In 1993 a competition was launched for architects and designers to create a suitable landmark to commemorate the upcoming turn of the millennium. No entry was ever chosen, but that didn’t stop husband and wife David Marks and Julia Barfield from presenting their entry to city planners anyway. Their idea was the ‘Millennium
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