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Dezeen Olympics: most commented Olympic designs

Our Dezeen Olympics continue as we award medals to the design and architecture of the London 2012 games. Today it's the three most commented stories and the runaway gold medallist is the ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond (above), with over 300 passionate comments.

Wenlock and Mandeville by iris

The silver medal winners are the mascots for the games Wenlock and Mandeville by iris (above) with over 50 polarised opinions from our readers.

London 2012 Olympic Cauldron by Thomas Heatherwick

Taking the bronze is the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron by Thomas Heatherwick (above), which received a lot of praise when it was unveiled at the opening ceremony but is now causing controversy as it is only visible inside the stadium. Watch Heatherwick talk about his design in an interview we filmed with him here.

Look out for the next set of winners tomorrow!

You can see all our coverage of London 2012 Olympic design here.