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Slipstream is a 2014 sculpture created by Richard Wilson for the replacement London Heathrow Terminal 2. It is the longest piece of permanent art and the largest privately funded sculpture in Europe.
The sculpture is over 70 metres (230 ft) long and weighs 77 tonnes (76 long tons; 85 short tons). Structural engineers Price & Myers and specialist fabricators Commercial Systems International (CSI) were tasked with making the sculpture.
Wilson’s intention is "to transpose the thrill of the air‐show to the architectural environment of the international air terminal".
Reconstruction of Terminal 2 started in 2010, and it was officially reopened on 4 June 2014.
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