The Beijing National Stadium, popularly known as the Bird’s Nest, is the main venue for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. It will host the track & field events, football matches, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies of the game.
The stadium was jointly designed by Herzog & de Meuron, Arup and China Architectural Design & Research Group. The ground was broken on Christmas Eve December 2003, and construction started in March 2004. The stadium completed its construction in early 2008 and held its first official event on April 18.
the stadium looks cooool. the first photo makes it look like a aircraft carrier. and i like the last photo with the interior achitecture, very special.
Now that you mentioned it… it does look like an aircraft carrier from the first pic.
wow, so nice!
i especially like the night picture. it stands out very well from the dark.
great design, great architect!
i’m really excited to watch the competitions that will be performed in this stadium!
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