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National Stadium (Bird's Nest)

National Stadium (Bird's Nest)

Also known as 国家体育场

Year

2008

Style

Contemporary

Type

stadium

Herzog & de Meuron designed the 2008 Olympic stadium as a concrete bowl wrapped in an interlocking lattice of 42,000 tons of steel: beams that serve simultaneously as structure, facade, and circulation, blurring the distinction between…

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National Stadium (Bird's Nest)
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  1. 2008

    Original construction

    Herzog & de Meuron

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