Saturday, September 15, 2007

beijing 2008



Name: Beijing Olympic Stadium
Scheduled inauguration: 2008
Building costs: $500 million
Capacity: 80,000 seats (100,000 during the Olympic games

wow the beijing olympic building looks amazing especially when lit up like shown in the picture. the stadium designed by the swiss firm 'Herzog & De Meuron' .

source: http://www.stadiumguide.com/beijing.htm
http://www.archidose.org/Jun03/060903.html

1 comments:

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I remember watching a documentary about this whole project on the Discovery channel. AMAZING stuff, especially considering how they got tight deadlines coming up soon.
structures to marvel at.