Beijing National Stadium

Beijing National Stadium, also known officially as the National Stadium, or colloquially as the "Bird's Nest" (鸟巢), is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Located in the Olympic Green, the stadium cost US$423 million. The design was awarded to a submission from the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in April 2003 after a bidding process that included 13 final s... More
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Architecture

Architect

Pierre de Meuron

Jacques Herzog

Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei appeared in the documentary film Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.

Li Xinggang

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Beijing China
China

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Structural Height:

  • 69.2 m (227 ft )

Seating capacity:

  • 91,000
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  • 39.9917
  • 116.3906

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Beijing

Beijing ( /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/; Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng, [peɪ˨˩ t͡ɕiŋ˥]), formerly romanized as Peking ( /piːˈkɪŋ/ or /peɪˈkɪŋ/), is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The metropolis, located in...

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Award-Winning Work

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  • 2009
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