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collaboration with prominent Engilsh structural engineer, Cecil Balmond, the first of which, Temenos, was unveiled in Middlesbrough, UK, in June 2010. Among his bestknown major permanent commissions in a public setting is reflective Cloud Gate (2004) for the Millennium Park in Chicago, considered to be one of the popular public artworks in the world. He was awarded the commission with Cecil Balmond for a permanent artwork for the London 2010 Olympic Park, the ArcelorMittal Orbit that was a centerpiece of the Olympbic Games in east London. Born in Mumbai to a middle-class Hindu father and Iraqi-Jewish mother, he spent some time in a kibbutz in Israel in his teens before going to London to study art DİSK, 2012 KAYMAKTAŞI 103x104x46 cm DISC, 2012 ALABASTER 103x104x46 cm KASIM - ARALIK 2013 / NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2013 • NATURA 23