Beijing – Watercube and Birdnest

I applaud the persons responsible for choosing these designs for the new Olympic stadiums in Beijing China. They are the least boring big buildings I have seen in a while. Have you seen their new National TV building? They’ve put big bucks into daring designs. I really want to go there. Here’s to hoping that the Chinese government also is as daring and forthcoming with their resources in improving their human rights situations. Not everyone is excited about China these days.

Below is a rendering of the designs for the National Olympic Stadium, and the National Swimming Centre in Beijing. You can click here to be taken to a nice Flickr photo pool of  the actual works in progress, or on the images to see the official site for the Olympic buildings . National Indoor Stadium, Velodrome, Shooting Range, all very cool.

Progress on the construction:

~ by natebrown on November 30, 2007.