The Olympics are over, and most of the athletes have returned home to be paraded in front of adoring crowds. Now it is Bob’s turn to do the same (minus the crowds), back in Shanghai again now and the UK tomorrow. However this is not the end of the events in Beijing, or the Beijing [...]
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Bye Bye Beijing
Posted in Architecture, Beijing, Culture, London 2012, Paralympics, tagged 2008 Olympics, 2008 paralympcis, beijing 2008, Beijing Olympics, beijing paralympics, London 2012, london olympics, Paralympics on 29 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beijing’s New Face – Olympic Architecture
Posted in Architecture, Beijing, Culture, Legacy, tagged Architecture, beijing architecture, bird's nest, national aquatics center, national stadium, olympic architecture, water cube on 14 July 2008 | 4 Comments »
Beijing is a city reshaped, and the 2008 Olympic Games will leave a lasting impact on the landscape of one of the most historic cities in the world. Coming at a time of huge economic growth and large-scale rural-urban migration (legitimate and unofficial) the Olympics has come as a spur for adventurous architecture on an [...]
Taiwan’s Olympic Name – Chinese Taipei or China’s Taipei?
Posted in Architecture, Culture, olympic torch, Protests, Public expectation, tagged china, chinese olympics, chinese taipei, olympic games, olympic protests, olympic torch, olympics, taipei 101, taiwan, zhongghu taipei, zhongguo taibei, zhongguo taipei, zhonghua taibei on 13 July 2008 | 8 Comments »
Attending an Olympic Games hosted by China was always going to throw up some interesting challenges for the Taiwanese team, and the China’ Taiwan Affairs office have decided to spice things up. The controversy revolves around the name that Taiwan competes under at the Olympics… The situation is this: in 1989 China and Taiwan agreed [...]
100 Day Countdown Begins…(10 days early)
Posted in Architecture, Culture, Preparation, tagged 100 day countdown, Beijing Olympics, bird's nest, london mayor, olympic cheerleaders, olympic village on 20 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are just one hundred (and ten) days left before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. Typically highly organised and publicised the 100 day count down for the Beijing Olympics has been announced ten days early. To mark this ‘occassion’ a song has been recorded and released; it includes the voices of 100 [...]
Beijing International Airport’s New Terminal Takes-off
Posted in Air pollution, Architecture, Beijing, Legacy, Preparation, Protests, tagged beijing airport, Beijing International Airport, beijing terminal, beijing terminal 3, heathrow expansion protest on 3 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beijing International Airport unveiled it’s new terminal (terminal 3) this weekend. This is yet another huge piece of architecture built in time for the Olympic Games this summer. But this is not just any airport terminal (as BBC’s James Reynolds notes): “It’s more like a small country than an airport terminal. “Its architects, Foster and [...]
Water cube is unveiled
Posted in Architecture, Beijing, Legacy, Preparation, tagged Beijing, national aquatic center, olympics, water cube on 28 January 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Water Cube, less commonly known as the National Aquatic Centre, was officially unveiled today in Beijing. The building will undergo its first test by hosting the China Open swimming championships from Jan 31 to Feb 5. Things you might like to know: The building boasts an LED system with 16.7 million color tones It [...]
Nest of dissatisfaction
Posted in Architecture, Legacy, Preparation, Public expectation on 9 January 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ai Weiwei is one of the most prominent artists and architectural designers in China, and colaborated with Swiss firm Herzog de Meuron on design of the structural icon of the 2008 Olympics, the Birds Nest, the Beijing National Stadium. Given this connection with the Games, it may be a little surprising to head him speaking [...]
