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The National Stadium～Birds nest
The National Stadium is the main stadium of the 29th Olympic Games. Located at the Olympic Green, it has a floor space of 258,000 sq meters.
In April 2003, the "bird's nest" designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog de Meuron, ARUP consulting company and China Architecture Design and Research Group won the competition following strict evaluation and public vote.
The main body of the National Stadium is an interwoven structure comprising a series of steel trusses around the bowl-shaped stands. The structural elements support each other and converge into a grid formation, just like a bird's nest with interlocking branches and twigs. The spaces in the skeleton of the stadium will be filled with inflated ETFE cushions.
With a seating capacity of 91,000, the National Stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies, track and field competitions and football finals during the 2008 Olympic Games. But the seat number will be reduced to 80,000 after the Games, when it will be used for large-scale sport events, conventional competitions and non-competition events. As a national landmark sport and entertainment facility, the stadium will meet residents' wide-ranging sport and cultural needs.

2008-04-25 12:12:32 補充：
Forbidden Palace was the imperial palace during the mid-Ming and the Qing dynasties. grounds cover 720,000 sq.m, 800 buildings and 9,999 rooms.The largest collection of preserved ancient wooden structures in the world, The construction started in 1406 and completion in 1422 to 1644.

2008-04-25 12:21:37 補充：
Tiananmen Square built in 1417. Two red signs gate say: Long live the Peoples Republic of China and Long live the great union of the peoples of the worlds.
Mao ZeDong declared the PRC on 1-10-1949. That is why a large portrait of Mao hangs from the rostrum. It is the largest open square in the world.

2008-04-25 12:35:30 補充：
National Aquatics Center, land surface is 79,532 sq m. Groundbreaking date 24-12-03, completion date 28-1-08. NAC for swimming, diving, and water-polo final. Total seating is 17,000.Design concepts of the water cube combines the symbolisms of the architecture, the unique water bubble structure.

A bird's eye view鳥巢


Venue: National Stadium;

Location: Olympic Green;

Total land surface: 258,000 sq m;

Permanent Seats: 80,000;

Temporary Seats: 11,000;

Competitions: Athletics, Football;

Post-Games use: The Stadium is to stage sports events at national and international levels, as well as cultural and entertaining activities;

Groundbreaking date: Dec. 2003;

Designer: Herzog & DeMeuron (Swiss) and China Architecture Design Institute;

水立方The "Water Cube"


Venue: National Aquatics Center;

Location: Olympic Green;

Total land surface: 79,532 sq m;

Seats: 6,000 permanent and 11,000 temporary;

Competitions: Swimming, Diving, Synchronized Swimming;

Groundbreaking date: December 24, 2003;

Completion date: January 28, 2008;