Evaluation of the importance of policies, politics and the involvement of local interests in the development of the "London Eye", UK.

The London Eye The London Eye was part of many of London's millennium projects. Like the Millennium Dome and the Millennium Bridge it was known then as the Millennium wheel. It is a joint project of British Airways, the Tussauds Group and the local architect firm Barfield Marks. The process of creating the final design, construction, assembly and operation had to be done in a time frame of 14 months as the Eye was to be …

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