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	2008 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The centerpiece of the 2008 Summer Olympics is the construction of the Beijing National Stadium which began on December 24, 2003.
		Beijing was elected host city on July 13, 2001, during the 112th IOC Session in Moscow, beating out Toronto, Paris, Istanbul and Osaka.
		However, the entrance of Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands (the remaining nations that were not present at the 2004 Summer Olympics) is an open possibility provided that both countries establish a National Olympic Committee prior to IOC deadlines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics (1727 words)

	Helsinki Olympic Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Olympic Stadium was, along with the runner Paavo Nurmi, Erik Bruun's illustration motive for the Finnish 10 mark banknote.
		The Helsinki Olympic Stadium, (Finnish: Olympiastadion) located in the Töölö district about 2 km from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts.
		The stadium was also the venue for the first World Athletics Championships in 1983 as well as for the 2005 World Championships in Athletics.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helsinki_Olympic_Stadium (281 words)

	Design Build Network - National Stadium, Beijing
		The main requirements from the client, the National Stadium Company, were to create a bold, stand-out, world-class stadium, and to design in as much flexibility as possible for future use.
		As well as creating a modern stadium, the team was challenged with creating a venue that was part of the culture of China and that would put Beijing on the map.
		It also to be aware of the different uses of the stadium; for example, when used as an athletics stadium, the most important view is at the finish line of the running track but when used for football, the best views are at the centre line.
	www.designbuild-network.com /projects/national_stadium (1010 words)

	The Standard - Capital plans ahead for use of Olympic facilities after 2008 Games - China Section
		Beijing's Wukesong basketball stadium could be adapted to host large exhibitions and public activities, swimming, ice skating and other sports events, and US basketball games, Liu Zhongyi, the facility's general manager, was quoted as saying.
		Beijing, perhaps learning from Athens' failure to look beyond the Olympics, is already setting plans to put its Olympic venues to good use after the last race is run at the 2008 Games.
		The stadium, the site of the opening and closing ceremonies and track and field events in 2008, would later be run ``according to market economy standards,'' said chinanews.com.
	www.thestandard.com.hk /stdn/std/China/GD20Ad03.html (406 words)

	National Stadium--Natural "Bird's Nest"
		As the main stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games, the National Stadium is located in the Olympic Park, northeast of the city axis line, covering an area of 204,100 square meters and forming a construction area of 258,000 square meters.
		The National Stadium accommodates 100,000 spectators of which 20,000 are with temporary seating.
		During the 2008 Olympics, the National Stadium is designated to host the opening and closing ceremony, the track and field competition and the soccer games, etc.
	www.china.org.cn /english/null/115919.htm (316 words)

	:: Chinese Olympic Committee ::
		The spectator stands and several other parts of the National Stadium will fully utilise natural ventilation and lighting instead of mechanical and artificial means so as to minimise energy consumption.
		Certain parts of the National Stadium will adopt a triple-pump system consisting of a geothermal pump, a cold water unit and a hot water unit.
		The stadium is adopting various efficient and energy-saving lighting sources to protect the environment.
	en.olympic.cn /news/2004-01-10/53828.html (337 words)

	U.S. Commercial Service China: 10.31.2002
		Beijing Municipal Planning Commission, authorized by Beijing Municipal Government and The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), will sponsor an international architectural scheme competition to reach the decision of the scheme of conceptual design of the National Stadium.
		Entrusted by Beijing Municipal Government and The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), Beijing Municipal Planning Commission, is intending to call for an international architectural scheme competition of conceptual design of the National Stadium.
		2) To choose an optimum conceptual architectural scheme through competition that could ensure the National Stadium turn to be an architectural landmark representing the image of the New Beijing.
	www.buyusa.gov /china/en/hs021031.html (1219 words)

	danda
		the dynaic city foundation features a section with images of the beijing boom tower project.
	www.danda.be /outdata/index.php?img=217&dreview=96 (230 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of indoor arenas
		See also: List of stadiums This is a list of stadia.
		An arena is a circular or oval shaped (or sometimes rectangular) public space (akin to a classical amphitheatre), designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-indoor-arenas (339 words)

	CNN.com - Work resumes on Beijing's stadium - Dec 28, 2004
		BEIJING, China -- Work has resumed on a new and cheaper version of Beijing's 80,000-seat National Stadium, a key Olympic construction project.
		Construction of the stadium, nicknamed the "Bird's Nest" because of its giant lattice-work structure of irregularly angled metal girders, was abruptly halted in late July amid a general austerity drive.
		Plans to equip the stadium with an expensive retractable steel roof have now been scrapped, she said.
	207.25.71.245 /2004/SPORT/12/28/olympics.stadium/index.html (195 words)

	Week in brief
		However, the number of arenas to be built will be reduced from 10 to five and the new Beijing National Stadium will also see a change in its design.
		According to the original plan, the stadium was to have a movable roof.
		The woman bought two bottles of acid last Saturday and went to the local stadium where the 23 policemen were doing their morning group physical exercises.
	www.shanghai-star.com.cn /2004/0909/bz11-city.html (1581 words)

	Consortium Wins Bid for National Stadium
		Bidding for the National Stadium lasted for nine months and was overseen by the Supervisory Committee for the XXIX Olympiad to ensure openness and fair play.
		The Beijing municipal government has decided to make the financing of the Games market-oriented through ownership tenders in an attempt to give full play to investment and the post-Games utilization of the facilities, according to sources with the Beijing Development Planning Commission, which organized the bidding.
		Besides financing part of the stadium, the CITIC consortium is also responsible for the construction and operation of the project.
	www.yonghegong.com /english/2003/Aug/72136.htm (356 words)

	Beijing This Month- National Olympics Centre, Workers Stadium to Grow
		Beijing Workers Stadium, opened to the public in 1959, is also to undergo rebuilding to host the 2008 soccer fixtures.
		Beijing s National Olympics Centre, originally constructed for use during the 1990 Asian Games, is to be doubled to more than 60 hectares (600,000 sqm).
		Publication sponsored by Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Development & Reform Commission of Beijing Municipality, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Beijing Sub-Council)
	www.btmbeijing.com /contents/en/business/2004-04/olympicbrief/workersstadium (123 words)

	Beijing Hotel and Travel - Beijing City Tourist Information Guide China
		Beijing is going to be the site of the 2008 Summer Olympics and they received this honor because of their luxury accommodations, exquisite cuisine, culture and territory.
		Beijing City Travel Guide - You are visiting a city that is filled with wonderful culture, friendly people, many of the world’s most revered treasures, such as the The Great Wall and many other attractions.
		There is a cooperative spirit among the people in Beijing and you will notice that character the very first few hours you spend there.
	www.beijingcitytourist.com (375 words)

	Guardian Strip tease
		The Allianz Stadium is a glorious conceit dreamed up by the football-crazy Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron, best known in Britain for the designs of Tate Modern and the Laban dance centre in London.
		Currently, the stadium is being used to screen blockbuster films, and through the summer it will host events from small-scale wine tastings to performances of Puccini's Turandot.
		Like most new football grounds, the arena is plonked down on one of those nowhere places that litter cities worldwide, tucked into the elbows of railway junctions or nudged into the groins of motorway intersections, and with the city they champion seemingly nowhere in sight.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5204468-103532,00.html (1017 words)

	Travel Shorts -- Offbeat Short Travel Items
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		National Ceramic Museum & Heritage Center, Roseville Located between the villages of Roseville and Crooksville on Ohio State Route 93, the area is known for some of the best art pottery ever produced, giving the region its nickname as p ottery country or the clay belt.
		The National Great Rivers Museum at Melvin Price Locks and Dam in Alton dedicated to telling the story of the Mississippi River from her grand history and cultural significance, to her ecological importance and role as a transportation corridor.
	www.offbeattravel.com /shorts.html (5978 words)

	Beijing National Stadium, Olympic Green East Asia Arup
		Inspired by randomness in nature, and patterns found in Chinese style ‘crazed’ pottery typically found in Beijing markets, there are, in fact, several layers of patterns that the eye does not pick up on the stadium’s apparently random structure.
		The stadium will host the opening and closing of the 29th Olympiad, as well as track and field events.
		It is clad with a series of ETFE panels on the upper surface, with an acoustic membrane on the lower surface.
	www.arup.com /eastasia/project.cfm?pageid=2184 (352 words)

	Construction of National Olympic Stadium Resumed
		But the stadium, with bands of steel stretching every which way to resemble a bird's nest, was designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.
		The Beijing Times said that a resumption ceremony was held on Monday morning and some digging machines and trucks have started to work on the construction site.
		The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies and the track and field competition during the 2008 Olympics.
	www.china.org.cn /english/sports/116209.htm (194 words)

	Xinhua - English
		The venues already being built include the Beijing National Indoor Stadium, National Aquatic Center, National Stadium, Beijing Shooting Range and Wukesong Sports and Culture Center, and Laoshan Velodrome.
		Meanwhile, the development of the National Stadium has seen steady progress since its conception at the end of 2003.
		The logo for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was unveiled at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing in August 2003.
	news.xinhuanet.com /english/2005-07/14/content_3218124.htm (365 words)

	CT-E Jan/Feb 2005
		With a capacity of nearly 100,000, the Beijing National Stadium will host the opening and closing of the 29th Olympic Games in 2008, as well as all the track and field events, and is a project that Arup Sport has been heavily involved in from the beginning.
		The design brief for the stadium was fairly straightforward; it had to have a capacity of 66,000, be designed specifically for football (no multi-functional arena, no athletics track) and have a roof covering all seats.
		Another change in stadium design is linked to the increasing prevalence of closing roofs with Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium and the Sapporo Dome in Japan being typical examples of this trend.
	www.ct-europe.com /content_archives/JanFeb05/index.html (1201 words)

	news:ETH Life - ETH Zurich's weekly web journal
		The award, announced at the beginning of April, to the ETH professors of architecture, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, to build the new national stadium in Beijing, was greeted with joy in Switzerland.
		Bear in mind that a stadium of this size must be able to absorb many times the total number of ETH students and staff within minutes.
		And that something must be constructed encompassing a huge open space, with little material, that must guarantee protection and security, whether from wind, weather or earthquake, while at the same time giving visitors a feeling of lightness, pride and the sense of association that a sports stadium must transmit.
	www.ethlife.ethz.ch /e/articles/news/schweizerarch.html (528 words)

	English Channel
		The design of the major venue of the 2008 Beijing Olympics¡ÐNational Stadium has long remained a mystery.
		The Beijing Planning Commission will combine the best of the three into the final one.
		And the third one is created by the Beijing Architecture Design Institution.
	202.108.249.200 /english/TouchChina/Express/20030326/100323.html (131 words)

	Articles - Olympic Stadium
		The only stadium to have been used twice, but only host one Olympics, is the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was host venue in 1956 and hosted the first game of the Sydney 2000 soccer tournament.
		The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece sports arena of the Summer Olympic Games.
		Traditionally, the opening ceremony and the track and field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium.
	www.crunner.com /articles/Olympic_Stadium (475 words)

	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Starts Construction
		After the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the National Indoor Stadium will become a first-class sports facility for the local people, with both sports competition and entertainment functions.
		The National Indoor Stadium will be the proposed competition venue for Wheelchair Basketball during the Paralympic Games but is still subject of approval by the IPC.
		The seating capacity of the National Indoor Stadium is 18,000.
	www.paralympic.org /release/Main_Sections_Menu/News/Current_Affairs/2005_06_02_a.html?print=true (174 words)

	showsports.asp?sportname=Report&story=China%27s+Grand+National+Stadium+inaugurated&id=22788
		The National Indoor Stadium, the sixth Beijing 2008 venue to be started, is expected to be completed by 2007, a full year before the opening ceremonies.
		The National Indoor Stadium, the sixth Beijing Olympics venue to be started, will be the site of handball and gymnastics and will be able to hold 18,000 spectators.
		Several Beijing Olympic dignitaries, including Director of Olympic construction and vice-mayor Wang Qishan, were present on the occasion.
	www.ndtv.com /sports/showsports.asp?sportname=Report&story=China%27s+Grand+National+Stadium+inaugurated&id=22788 (286 words)

	news - BEIJING 2008: Work Begins On National Indoor Stadium
		It joins the National Aquatic Centre, the National Stadium, Laoshan Velodrome, the Beijing Shooting Range and the Wukesong Sports and Culture Centre as a future Olympic competition venue currently under construction.
		The National Indoor Stadium is the sixth Olympic venue to be built since Beijing was awarded the Games in 2001.
		The Stadium will be used not only for sports competitions, but will also stage entertainment events such as concerts.
	www.noticias.info /archivo/2005/200506/20050602/20050602_71463.shtm (362 words)

	ACADIA/AIA 2004 Conference
		The exploration of the complex form and geometry of the Olympic stadium in Beijing by Herzog and de Meuron and ArupSport was made possible by a range of tools including CAD visualisations and rapid prototypes.
		The main stadium for the XXIX Olympiad, to be held in Beijing in 2008, designed by a team of Herzog and de Meuron, ArupSport and China Architecture Research Group, will be an iconic form.
		This mixed-media approach allows all members of the team to participate in the creation of the stadium, and helps ensure that, as the design develops into the construction stage, the principles involved in describing the geometry can be passed logically from the designers to the constructors.
	www.fabrication.ald.utoronto.ca /exhibitions/digital_fabricators/herzog_and_de_meuron_and_arupsport.htm (694 words)

	CenitDesktop - News - Arup harnesses aerospace software for stadia design
		The software programme being applied to the development of Beijing stadium is called CATIA - a programme well known in the aerospace and automotive sector for its ability to solve complex geometrical problems in an accurate and user-friendly way.
		* ArupSport is a partner in the Beijing Olympic stadium design consortium consisting of Hertzog and de Meuron architects and the Chinese Architecture and Design Research Group
		On Beijing it has demonstrated the ability to both speed up the design process and improve the confidence in the solutions we produce in order to reduce risk and potential problems on site.
	www.cenitdesktop.com /html/news/news_arup.htm (590 words)

	People's Daily Online -- China, Tanzania sign national stadium construction pact
		China and Tanzania signed on November 2 a construction pact for a 60,000-seat national stadium which is scheduled to host national and continental soccer matches in 26 months.
		The stadium will be up to the standards of the International Olympic Committee and FIFA.
		China's Beijing Construction Engineering Group has been contracted to build the stadium.
	english.people.com.cn /200411/03/eng20041103_162552.html (119 words)

	National Stadium; Beijing Sports & Recreation
		The National Stadium will hold the opening and closing ceremonies and athletic events during the 2008 Olympics.
	www.whmm.net /beijing/national-stadium.html (27 words)

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