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Also known as Bird Nest, the next National Beijing Olympic Stadium located on a gentle rise in the centre of the Olympic complex. It is designed by Herzog & de Meuron (The winner of 2001 Pritzker Prize) with the help of contemporary Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei as an artistic consultant for design. This stadium is prepared for the 2008 Olympic Games in August 2008. This stadium has been redesigned in late 2004 to slash the construction bill from the original 3.89 billion Yuan to 2.3 billion Yuan.
Designed by CSCEC International Design and Peddle Thorp Walker, The 100,000 sqm Beijing National Aquatic Centre is located alongside the Bird Nest Stadium in the Olympic Green Area. This Water Cube is prepared to be opened for the 2008 Olympics to host aquatic events. The structure is unique, it use steel space frame based on the soap geometry as well as water bubbles. The facade is covered with thin pillows of Ethylene Tetrafluoro Ethylene (ETFE) that reacts specifically to lighting and projection.
Designed by Paul Andreu Architect, located at west of Tiananmen Square with area of 149,500 sqm. According to the project description, this theater is composed by an opera, a concert hall and 2 theaters. It is also mentioned as a city of theaters, and as you can seen on the picture above, the complex is look like a transparent island in an artificial lake.
The world’s largest building – the new Terminal at Beijing Capital International Airport - opens on the 29th February Designed and completed in only four years, Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital International Airport has opened. The world’s largest building and most advanced airport, the new terminal offers an unparalleled travelling experience, not only technologically, but also in terms of operational efficiency, passenger comfort, sustainability and access to natural light. Completed as the gateway to Beijing for athletes participating in the twenty-ninth Olympiad, it is designed to be welcoming and uplifting. A symbol of place, its soaring aerodynamic roof and its dragon-like form celebrate the thrill and poetry of flight. Its gold roof resonates with the Forbidden City, while the striking interior palette of red through orange to yellow evokes traditional Chinese colours.
The CCTV Headquarters is a skyscraper that is currently under construction in Beijing, China. The building will be the new headquarters of China Central Television. Groundbreaking took place on September 22, 2004. It is planned to be completed in time for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren are the designers of the building. The building will stand at 234 meters or 755 feet tall and will have 54 floors. The building is being built in two sections that will ultimately be joined to complete the loop. In order not to lock in structural differentials this connection has to be completed at the last minute and at the coldest time of night, 4am or 5am, when the steel in the two towers has cooled to the same temperature. This joining is widely anticipated by Beijing locals and has been a topic of much discussion. The total construction cost is estimated at €600 million ($750 million). The CCTV tower will employ 10,000 people following completion in 2008. But the construction was delayed because of the opposition against this buildings cost, so the developers say the building will probably not be completed before 2009.
Beijing Municipal Government has promised the world that Beijing will present an Olympics with the highest technological content of any in history in 2008. As the landmark building of the digital Olympics, the digital Beijing Building will be located in the northern end of the central axis, neighboring the core area of the Olympics Centre, the National Stadium and National Swimming Center. The Digital Beijing Building will serve as the headquarters and the data center of Beijing Olympics, 2008. In the meantime, it will accommodate a virtual museum of Digital Olympics and an exhibition center for digital manufactures.
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