A council has changed a city center eyesore into an eye-catching piece of art...by turning the building inside out.

Commuters are sure to be astonished by the rotating facade that will reveal a glimpse of the interior.



The derelict building opposite a train station in Liverpool is set to become an impressive artwork

It's the brainchild of sculptor Richard Wilson, who cut an egg-shaped section out of the derelict building opposite Moorfields station in Liverpool, fixing the eight metre diameter piece on a pivot.

Mr Wilson is one of Britain's best known sculptors. He has been nominated for the Turner Prize twice and represented Britain at Biennial festivals across the world.

His artwork, called Turning The Place Over, has cost £450,000 and will run from June 20th until the end of 2008.



The rotating facade will astonish commuters in Liverpool

It was organised by the Culture Company and Liverpool Biennal. The Culture Company said it was an "astonishing feat of engineering, which will stun audiences."

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£450,000!!!!!

What a waste i say.

Lmao

"Ive told you, shut the bloody windows" lol

waste of space and money lol.

What an amazing piece of engineering and design!

I think it's well cool, but the money could of been spent better elsewhere though.

Never seen that building before, but i'll probably notice it now lol

Anyone agree with me that the top photo looks like its a real life photoshop lol??

i can get the views to rotate in every room in my house after a few scoops....lol

Did someone mention Scoop? Hehe you "have" Scoops? Lol!

yeh beers matey.. it does happen now and then.. ha ha

I know fella I was jokin lol and referring to the long lost Scoop - ye will get it now lol.

oooooooooooh,yeh i no,but hasnt he got mates called muck and dizzy, and roley too, and lofty and wendy to join the crew.... lol

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roflmao at the scouse accent "should go an sell ya piccccqqqcha to da eccqqqhhhooo

hahaha

I wasnt suggesting it was a photoshop (hence I used the phrase "real life"), just that on the photos it looks like a photo shop, or better worded as a real life photo shop.

I'm just wondering how the feck it spins!

Its on a pivot, which is presumably attatched to some sort of motor.

Fingured that lol

but how? cas it spins in so many directions.

Just doesn't seem possible to maintain the angles it's spinning at an yet it seems the pivot point is invisible? lol

The pivot might be on a semi-attatched tracking system.

Clockwise ?

Couple of Budding Reporters there

Having said that look at the bottom right photo on the multi-shot, it looks more likes its movement is defined by hydralic rams rather then pivot on its own.

Or maybe even an electro-magnetic ball bearing?

Who knows lol.

If anyone finds out or knows, let us know!

Great piece of engineering!

Love the windows..they way they've been cut just straight through the middle - amazing

The windows will have been laser cut or moulded like that, thats one thing we can be sure of lol.