Temenos (Middlesbrough)

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The first installation -Temenos will be located at the north-eastern corner of Middlesbrough Dock, Middlehaven. It will cost £2.7m and will be a staggering 110m in length and almost 50m high.

Mr Kapoor, told Middlesbrough's Evening Gazette that when he first came to the Tees Valley and went around the area he found the scale of things exciting.

"Some of the industrial, post industrial and new industrial features are extraordinary and perhaps unique in Europe ... to connect various parts of the area together in one overall masterplan seemed unprecedented. There is nothing like it in the world.

"It seemed it was more ambitious than I am. It is a real challenge," he said.

Mr Kapoor said the area where Temenos would be sited had a long, difficult history particularly in the recent past. "It has been blighted and derelict for so long," he said.

Mr Kapoor said that Temenos would reflect the area's history of manufacturing. The Transporter Bridge also had an influence on the design of the work.

Temenos - Architect Cecil Balmond (left) and Artist Anish Kapoor (right) with TVR Chief Exec Joe Docherty (courtesy of Gazette Live)Temenos is funded by government initiative The Northern Way, Regional Development Agency One NorthEast, the Arts Council England, the Northern Rock Foundation, Middlesbrough Football Club and BioRegional Quintain