China Beijing Olympic National Stadium - Bird's Nest (4of5)
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The Beijing National Stadium (traditional Chinese:
北京國家體育場; simplified Chinese: 北京国家体育场; Hanyu Pinyin: Běijīng Guójiā Tǐyùchǎng; Tongyong Pinyin: Běijīng Guójiā Tǐyùchǎng), also known as the National Stadium,[1] or the "Bird's Nest" (鳥巢) for its architecture, is a stadium finished for the Olympic Green i
n Beijing, China that has so far been completed as of March 2008.[2] The stadium will host the main track and field competitions for the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. It is located east of the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. In 2002, Government officials eng
aged architects worldwide in a design competition. Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron collaborated with ArupSport and China Architecture Design & Research Group to win the competition. Contemporary Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, is the Artistic Consultant for design.[3] The ground was broken on Christmas Eve December 2003, and construction started in March 2004, but was halted by the high construction cost in August 2004 and continued again. In January 2008, concerns about construction working conditions arose when it was revealed that 2 workers had died during the stadium's construction.
The stadium can seat as many as 91,000 spectators during the Olympics. The capacity will then be reduced to 80,000 after the Games. It has replaced the original intended venue of the Guangdong Olympic Stadium[citation needed]. The stadium is 330 metres long by 220 metres wide, and is 69.2 metres t
all. The stadium uses 258,000 square metres of space and has a usable area of 204,000 square metres. It was built with 36 km of unwrapped steel[citation needed], with a combined weight of 45,000 tonnes. The stadium has some 11,000 square metres of underground rooms with waterproof walls. The stadium
will cost up to 3.5 billion yuan (≈423 million USD).
Tags for this video: 2008 Aquatic beijing bird bird's capital china National nest olympic People's Republic Stadium 北京 國家體育場 鳥巢
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| you are fucking ... ( 1 month ago by villinlan) |
| you are fucking jealous |
| lol if one chinesse ... ( 1 month ago by GeorgeHH21) |
| lol if one chinesse worker is to tired to work more will take his place =) there we have robots haha |
| This proofs that ... ( 1 month ago by kneesoper) |
| This proofs that when humans pull together under a common objective, anything can be achieve. GO CHINA! GO HUMAN KIND! God bless China... |
| when will we ... ( 1 month ago by bengali2007babu) |
| when will we eradicate poverty from the world? |
| thats not the ... ( 1 month ago by evooo3) |
| thats not the comment isnt it "The pot calling the kettle black" and shithouse has no good meaning no matter how u say it he was implying it was a shithole which is far from correct. After Beijing 2008 it will probably be one of the most well known building in the world. |
| re evoo3...when ... ( 1 month ago by Serbpride4lif) |
| re evoo3...when said in the following context 'boiling the kettle black'.means making the situation worse....and 'built like brick shithouse' does imply....built really solid.....in Australia those are the meanings so dont tell me how to speak ok....get your fucking facts straight befour you dribble your shit.... |
| what he meant by ... ( 1 month ago by areufkingkiddingme) |
| what he meant by bricksh*thouse was that the building looks very sturdy is all. He wasn't saying it like that. |
| How does boiling ... ( 1 month ago by evooo3) |
| How does boiling the kettle black imply making something worse? Besides i'm australian too so dont try to put shit over me coz i speak the same as u. |
| on my way watch 4-5 ... ( 1 month ago by guy209) |
| on my way watch 4-5 cool |
| If he meant a ... ( 1 month ago by waki26) |
| If he meant a compliment, I am sorry then. It's my language problem. Also slangs may vary from cultures to cultures but it carry universal values. So slangs is applicable to others as well. |
| What to be jealous ... ( 1 month ago by waki26) |
| What to be jealous about? I am proud of China and Chinese civilization, the oldest SURVIVING culture. |
| than how the fuck ... ( 1 month ago by chris661133) |
| than how the fuck do you no no what built like a brick shit house means in austalia?? |
| lol ( 1 month ago by chris661133) |
| lol |
| it refers to people ... ( 1 month ago by evooo3) |
| it refers to people not buildings and of course a building gonna be built strong its not like there gonna build it weak so they can take it down after the olympics, fuckin moron |
| Sorry gtcharlie ... ( 1 month ago by waki26) |
| Sorry gtcharlie that I got you wrong. It was my mistake in the interpretation of your comment. May be it is the result of too many western hostile attacks on China! |
| Waki26, thanks for ... ( 1 month ago by gtcharlie815) |
| Waki26, thanks for coming back and apologizing after getting your facts straight. Thanks Serbpride4lif and areyoufkingkiddingme for backing me up. The rest of you pussies that posted about my comment can go screw yourselfs. Especially you candysupersour. Maybe you need to change your name to candysuperstupid. Also the building may or may not be built well, I don't know, but am not crazy about its looks. To me it resembles a cake that has collapsed. But if your all proud of it then good for you. |
| these engineers are ... ( 1 month ago by 66QQ66) |
| these engineers are great! |
| I think the Beijing ... ( 4 weeks ago by zucchini2007) |
| I think the Beijing 2008 games were much better than the Athens 2004 games, 15,000 individual performers were in Beijing, and the opening ceremony for Beijing cost $300M, TEN TIMES what was spent in Athens. |
| you didnt notice ... ( 4 weeks ago by GEOAMPAS) |
| you didnt notice the "I am Greek part" hahaha :) yes the Chinese Olympics were fantastic I already bought the DVDs with the ceremonies and best events :) |
| Can you please tell ... ( 4 weeks ago by zucchini2007) |
| Can you please tell me where you bought this Olympics DVD? Thanks. |
| newspaper offer ( 4 weeks ago by GEOAMPAS) |
| newspaper offer |
| I think ppl ... ( 3 weeks ago by yvrcanucks) |
| I think ppl believes that US media are linked with the US foreign policy in some ways. The media does however plays a role in politics if I may say. This is my point of view. You can totally see there are issues where the US media repeatedly brings China as a subject and not for the good but always for the bad. So are you Chinese or American? I know there are many impostors here who pretends to be a race and bashes the other to bring tensions on amongst them. I pity those who does |
| was the accident at ... ( 3 weeks ago by usamx7) |
| was the accident at minute 2:25 really or inly a dimostrative scene made on computer? |
| i think that ... ( 1 week ago by sagilian) |
| i think that happened in the UK before,killing 4 workmen |
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