With the buzz about the Beijing Olympics ramping up this week, I wouldn't be surprised if you have already seen this, but the NYTimes has a well-done interactive feature about city's Olympic venues and new architecture. In particular, I found the description and explanation of the oft-photographed Aquatics Center (or water cube) and the National Stadium (or bird's nest) interesting to read and learn about, but the whole thing is pretty cool. Did you realize that the bubble pattern on the exterior of the Aquatics center building is, in fact, not random? Click on the image above or here for the link.
8.05.2008
Olympic Architecture
With the buzz about the Beijing Olympics ramping up this week, I wouldn't be surprised if you have already seen this, but the NYTimes has a well-done interactive feature about city's Olympic venues and new architecture. In particular, I found the description and explanation of the oft-photographed Aquatics Center (or water cube) and the National Stadium (or bird's nest) interesting to read and learn about, but the whole thing is pretty cool. Did you realize that the bubble pattern on the exterior of the Aquatics center building is, in fact, not random? Click on the image above or here for the link.
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Unlike the Stade Olympique, they decided to drop the retractable roof. No word on whether they decided on noisemaking fiberglass chairs or Yoopie.
I'm pretty sure Stade Olympique's roof was not retractable, right? But it did have that giant tower holding up the dome, the spirit of which might live on in Tampa Bay if their new waterfront stadium ever comes to fruition.
Of course it was, when the Stadium was completed in 1987 for the 1976 Olympics.
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