Difference between revisions of "Water Cube"
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| − | The National Aquatics Center, a major venue for the [http://www.china.org.cn/olympic/node_1114380.htm 2008 Olympic Games], also called the "Water Cube", was completed on the morning of January 28, 2009. | + | The National Aquatics Center, a major venue for the [http://www.china.org.cn/olympic/node_1114380.htm 2008 Beijing Olympic Games], also called the "Water Cube", was completed on the morning of January 28, 2009. |
| − | The "water cube" comprises over 100,000-square meters of ETFE foils, making it the single largest, most complicated and most comprehensive ETFE structure in the world to date. The venue will be used for swimming, diving, and water polo and synchronized swimming competitions for the 2008 Olympic Games. | + | The "water cube" comprises over 100,000-square meters of ETFE foils, making it the single largest, most complicated and most comprehensive ETFE structure in the world to date. The venue will be used for swimming, diving, and water polo and synchronized swimming competitions for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. |
[[Category:architecture]][[Category:2008 Summer Olympics]] | [[Category:architecture]][[Category:2008 Summer Olympics]] | ||
Revision as of 03:54, 4 September 2012
The National Aquatics Center, a major venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, also called the "Water Cube", was completed on the morning of January 28, 2009.
The "water cube" comprises over 100,000-square meters of ETFE foils, making it the single largest, most complicated and most comprehensive ETFE structure in the world to date. The venue will be used for swimming, diving, and water polo and synchronized swimming competitions for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
