wish they put the tree earlier, so it is a tree instead a stick :)

I haven't missed any point. I've been following London 2012 since it's inception and understand the project well.

London would be stupid to try to compete with Beijing in terms of the grandeur of the venues; we all know that. Therefore the focus is on the environment; the park, the rivers, the ambience AND venues that are appropriate to that vision. It's like Wimbledon on a massive scale in some ways, or a giant summer festival. It's a different focus to Beijing, and it will, I think provide a nice contrast to what has gone before.

London does want to do "the best" but that doesn't necessarily mean pouring untold extra billions into venues to make them architectural wonders of the world which is what Beijing is doing (and they are wonderful venues, no doubt about that).

I can't imagine any Games in the next couple of decades coming close to Beijing in terms of architecture. Beijing will set a high watermark in that regard that very few cities will come close to matching.

I have a feeling that some Russian City will. Probably St. Petersburg but definitely Moscow. They have the money just like Beijing and they have the influence as well. Let's wait and see . . .

^^ I totally agree with you, one word: D U B A L !!

yes, I'm pretty sure the cauldron will be inside the arch.

little bird told me, it will be flowing - a cauldron flow up to the heaven just like the Kung Ming lantern <--another Chinese invention!

Don't attack me, I have no proof. Just a little brid told me....

aaaataaaataaat gimme more plz .....

that's a beautiful lookin' stadium!!!!:okay:

I know a lot of people like this design but I've got to tell you honestly that, with all due respect, it looks like a giant deformed toilet seat.

Am I the only one that thinks the birds nest looks like a toilet here?



Indeed,in dung beetle's eye it resembles a toilet seat

well, it's the most beautiful, futuristic and expensive toilet on earth

^^and the most unusual 'toilet rim' on the face of the earth:)

In my opinion, the design is not exactly original either. Take a look at this Chinese bamboo basket:

http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Utility-basket/p/bg/1001709831.htm

So what is original?

^^

I smell trolling :D

There were not much of a garden city outside of the 3rd ring anyway.

Beijing is greener than ever before.

Ungly buildings with ridiculous tops ... that's more like Shanghai. :lol:

Can we go back to the Olympic Stadium?

UPDATES ...

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The security guards should get some sleak uniforms ... look at the super high-tech buildings and the dull 1980ish uniform ... :ohno:

I've pretty much said it all. Viewed from the top, it's a giant messy toilet; viewed from the ground, it's a giant messy bamboo basket; viewed from a 45 degree angle, it's a giant deformed toilet seat on top of a giant bamboo basket.

...well a giant bamboo basket toilet seat is way better than the paper lantern for London 2012 :lol:

I'd be interested to hear what you think of Chicago's bid for 2016 since you seem to criticise London's stadium at every opportunity (which is fine, that's your opinion).

actually the toilet seat controversy is nothing new. It has been debate for some years among the chinese netizens.

Tianjin Olympic center
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Bird Nest
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Water cube again
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here we have a similar problem to bad architectures - the calibre of the designers.

the ugly uniform can be improved simply by a better choice of colors. There has been an unmistakable pattern when it comes to fashion or uniform design in China - designers with no common sense or artistic flair. In casual terms, the designers have demonstrated either a really bad taste or no taste at all.

Have you seen the Chinese team uniforms for the Opening ceremonies? Atrocious!!


You are generalising. There are some really cool Chinese fashion designers, but the problem lies within the bureaucracy. Very often you have people in higher position who are from a different generation with very little exposure to art and culture. And then you have the different departments who are wrangling for competence and who have their little power skirmishes within the department and with other departments.

But thit could happen everywhere in the world.

I've pretty much said it all. Viewed from the top, it's a giant messy toilet; viewed from the ground, it's a giant messy bamboo basket; viewed from a 45 degree angle, it's a giant deformed toilet seat on top of a giant bamboo basket.

Show me what is, to you an original design building.

I'd be interested to hear what you think of Chicago's bid for 2016 since you seem to criticise London's stadium at every opportunity (which is fine, that's your opinion).

I find a opportunity and I will use it :lol::lol::lol:

cheer up! it just a joke but you can taste a little what happen to the Chinese, who got bombarding with criticism last 7 years.

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where is the 24oz. steak!! those look like a lean shoulder cut, very good! :)


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That guy on the right behind the woman eating 6 slices of pizzas, I sure he is not competing for the game :lol::lol::lol:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2008/07/25/vos.china.venues.aerials.ap?iref=videosearch

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and finally a clear day in BJ
espero y que asi este el dia de la apertura 8-8-8
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Great shot by blue cam on flickr...

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Hmm. The hole in the middle of the field is gone

:omg: that a superb pictures guys.. :drool: welldone!

2008 Beijing Olympic venues bird's eye view

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National Stadium (91000)

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National Aquatics Center

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Laoshan Velodrome (6000)

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Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium (18000)

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Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium (7500,Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics )

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Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Court(17400)

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China Agricultural University Gymnasium(8200, wrestling)

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Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium(5400,Weightlifting)

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Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground (12000)

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Beijing Olympic Green Archery Field (5000)

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Beijing Wukesong Sports Center Baseball Field (15000)

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Bird nest: opening/closing ceremonies, field and track, seats: 91,000
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Water cube: Swimming, seats: 17,000
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Laoshan cycling arena: Cycling, seats: 6000
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Wukesong basketball arena: Basketball, seats: 18,000
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Beijing Industrial University Gym: badminton and gymnastics, seats: 7,500
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Olympic park hockey (two temparory courts), seats: 17,000
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Olympic park tennis court: Tennis, seats:17,400
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Beijing Agricultural University Gym: Wrestling, seats: 8,200
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Beijing Space and Aviation University Gym: weightlifting, seats: 5,400
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Chaoyang park: beach volleyball, seats: 12,000
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Olympic park archery court: (temporary court) seats: 5000
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Wukesong baseball park (temporary court): seats: 15,000
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Amazing!

The bird's nest, watercube and aviation center are so exotic looking.

Some ground-to-air missiles around proposed stadium, bird's nest nearby or somewhere ? ...

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those pictures of the ground to air missiles are not near the Bird's Nest but on the other proposed Olympic stadium.

No doubt security will be tight. It is said that over 100 000 security personnels will be stationed in the capital during the games. It will be one of the biggest security operations yet.

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/0360DF10.002C

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Hmm. The hole in the middle of the field is gone

It was Photoshopped.

Beijing Olympic Green Archery Field (5000)

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I love the coffin-shape of this venue. The Chinese have such a mordant sense of humour!!

^^ OMG! anybody have the video?

my... look at those pictures.... eager to see opening ceremony :)

Clips from Beijing's Opening Ceremony... ONE WORD: EPIC!

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pintoy!
I hate you!

OMG!!! beautiful opening act thanks for poting... BUT HEYY such a spoiler.. wahhahaa....
ANYWEIZ I'm so excited.... IT"S SO NEAR!!!

^^ just wait ,don't watch it yet :lol: I was curious too and it looks so spectacular already at the first moment when I turned it on but then I decided to pass it until the Openning day

It's going to be SPECTACULAR! Arrrrgh ... can't wait anymore! :D

pintoy!
I hate you!

What did I do? C'mon.. Don't be silly.. It's a news report from a Korean news program.. Few seconds won't spoil you..

^^ just wait ,don't watch it yet :lol: I was curious too and it looks so spectacular already at the first moment when I turned it on but then I decided to pass it until the Openning day

Its not that much of a spoiler..

Now, I'm so officially excited!

they have very nice light shows
did i saw whales and birds?

I am not surprise this will be off the net in a day or two. But wow! that's a nice opening ceremony. We are fully ready to go next week! See you Beijing!

they have very nice light shows
did i saw whales and birds?

Yeah, they're so cool.. I also love those floating chinese people.. Reminds me of Eros at Athens 04..

Are they practicing the pyrotechnical display? Or is it like a daily countdown thing?

Are they practicing the pyrotechnical display? Or is it like a daily countdown thing?

I think it's the countdown to the Opening Ceremony..

I'ts a rehearsal for the opening ceremonies.

8 days till the games

is anybody else excited !!

I saw it in YouTube. Gosh it is spectacular! The whale and the bird projected on the roof of the stadium! Lots of light and what is that something like pistons going up and down forming somekind of water ripple, amazing!

from 佳友在线

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i love the bird's nest and the watercube, it's just amazing, im waiting so bad for the opening ceremony.

from 佳友在线

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This picture is absolutely stunning!

The best part of watching construction is when everything finally comes together in the end!

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Everything looks so AMAZING! :) My congratulations China! Can't wait for the opening ceremony (and I'm not going to watch that video of the rehearsal recorded by Korean TV :ohno: shame on them). Some people don't want to know what will be exactly in the opening ceremony so PLEASE, understand this and DON'T post any spoilers here... Thank you.

Wonderful! I don't know when my country will do such a thing.

I have to say...the Watercube looks FU**ING AMAZING at night!

wonderful!!!

This will be my most memmorable Olympics since Barcelona.

For anyone who missed the secret footage clip, the times online has it on their site. I have to say it doesn't show much but what you see is pretty spectatcular. I always thought they were going to use the walls along the roof to project something.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4435773.ece

WHAT A SHAME KOREAN DID THIS,:ohno:. I AM GOING TO WATCH IT AFTER 7DAYS.

AMAZING!!! I can't believe the Olympic Park looks very spectacular! It's way much better than I expected! There are lights everywhere. I don't know which Olympic Park tops that! Probably, the 1972 Munich Olympic Park but I think this one in Beijing is better.

One suggestion though . . .

They need to polish the Olympic Stadium to make it shiny. :)

Shiny like a wedding ring you mean ? :) sometimes people just want object looks seamless that's also very stylish

^^ Gaeus Chinese is very good to make things shiny, lacquer is invented by the Chinese. They put lacquer on everything! LOL

With the worlds evolution ,things change over time due to fashion and trend you know ,that's what interesting about us ...Human !

photo from beijingupdates.com


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^^ Gaeus Chinese is very good to make things shiny, lacquer is invented by the Chinese. They put lacquer on everything! LOL

Classical Chinese (Eastern) concept of esthetics does not value anything too shiny. Chinese like porcelain, Europeans like glass, Chinese like jade, Europeans like diamonds, Chinese like silver, Europeans like gold.

It looks rainy.

Gosh! This event should never be missed by anyone on Earth! The venues are great and very futuristic! China is really changing!

That bird's nest stadium looks amazing... i'm so impressed by the intricate details preserved from the original illustration. This should certainly be a reference symbol in which foreigners can identify with the city of Beijing.

It looks rainy.

Maybe its pollution...

No, polution has a different colour. Have you never seen rainy weather before? Go out and breath some fresh air! :yes:

Yes it is a new Icon for China, much like the Colliseum is to Rome.

Does anyone know whats up with the weird 'hump' on top of the stadium?

some great photography and PS work by toomanytribbles, flickr.com

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(Thanks cobble, beijingupdates.com)

A few bird's nest and water cubic pics ...

http://bbs.home.news.cn/upfiles/036B2B99.002C

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awsume pictures. I should go to China to take some photos of my own...... :D

:omg: I need to be there, looks fantastic. Definitely it would be an awesome Olympics waiting for the beggiing

Cool Pictures! I am looking forward to 08-08-08! :cheers:

How he make those ball shape pic?

Does anyone know whats up with the weird 'hump' on top of the stadium?

Some people have mentioned that it's to do with the olympic cauldron. The bump you see is temporary - the actual thing, whatever it is, is housed inside. We don't know if it is fixed, or if it is mobile. Really exciting!

^^ yeah there are some storms currently on beijing......

Aug. 1, 2008
Bird Nest under Sunset
By 新华社记者格桑达瓦摄

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they'll be hoping for storms for the duration of the games to clear the air if not then this will go down as one of the worst games in history and i'm talking about the outdoor events

:eek2: :eek2: Wow!!!!!!!!!!!! :applause:

so the cauldron is starting to look liek the scroll idea.

What is that round thing on top of the stadium

a beautiful building )

the hidden cauldron. it's supposed to look like a fire-spitting phoenix

Speaking of the weather, I heard that the authorities were gearing up to fire some ironsulphate (I think it was - not big on chemistry, so correct me if you can) into the skies to try and disperse them in time for the start of the games.

Can anyone varify this?

And BTW, I had my doubts after seeing a lot of the images of the main stadium just after it was finished, but when I now see the entire Olympic park and all the other facilities I have to say this is looking to be the best Olympic so far facilities wise at least.

Good job Beijing :)

how far are this stadium and Olympic park from the down town?

Some people have mentioned that it's to do with the olympic cauldron. The bump you see is temporary - the actual thing, whatever it is, is housed inside. We don't know if it is fixed, or if it is mobile. Really exciting!

I believe it is for the opening ceremony's show only and will be taken down after the Olympics. I did see the clippings of the rehearsal by the Korean SBS, it is awesome. Really looking forward to see the whole thing.

Aug. 1, 2008
Bird Nest under Sunset
By 新华社记者格桑达瓦摄

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Such a beautiful picture and clear sky. How come we never see this kind of positive and nice pictures on TV or western media?

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wow, china has made a great job for this olympics, im sure it will be one of the best ever

incredible

Looking at those pictures above i now realise what the stadium reminds me of it actually looks like a giant Potty

AMAIZING!!!!!! :eek2::eek2::eek2: Only 4 days and we'll see a magnificent show!! Unfortunately that will be early morning where I live - but I won't miss it for sure!!

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I think that the beijing games will be one of the best over

CAN'T WAIT?

More COLOURFUL than Athens 2004!

How he make those ball shape pic?

I believe he's using some panorama stitching softwares.

by the looks of things, this fireworks display is gonna whip Sydneys ass!

Looking at these pictures makes me so excited :eek: 4 more days :D

I believe he's using some panorama stitching softwares.

Yeah, or he's using a fish-eye lens.

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Can you guys stop posting opening show pictures!! I want to see it myself!!!!

:gaah: Don't post nothing from rehearsal!!! Some people want to wait than see that before opening ceremony...please respect this!

Such a beautiful picture and clear sky. How come we never see this kind of positive and nice pictures on TV or western media?

cuz the western media is usually full of shit

Posting photos of rehearsal should be stop!

:gaah: Don't post nothing from rehearsal!!! Some people want to wait than see that before opening ceremony...please respect this!

agreed. and this thread is a stadium one btw.

aerial photos of Olympic venues gyms/stadiums in Beijing (2008.sohu.com)

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For details, go to http://2008.sohu.com/cg/s254820836/

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These venues are bye far the best ones built for olympics.

They are also perhaps the most well-prepared for the Olympics.

^^Agree:)

Wonderful facilities Beijing!:cheers:

Great venues, avarage Olympic Complex design, horrible Look of the Games

Great venues, avarage Olympic Complex design, horrible Look of the Games

The 'Look' is one of it's chief selling points. If I understand by the term 'look', you are referring to the product design, the logos, the torch design etc, then this is one of the most successful 'looks', it is distinctly Asian in flavour, no one can deny this. From the scroll design of the torch, the use of 'Chinese colours' in everything, the mascots, the specially commissioned incidental and background music, the exceptional medal design (using gold, jade and bronze). It makes it's recent predecessors generic. Athens and Sydney, i'm sorry are interchangeable.

Alternatively, it could be that you don't think the Olympics should have an Asian influence. Perhaps it should always look like the generic western look...

All the venues apart from the Birds nest lack imagination and design. The watercube and birds nest are wonderful looking buildings but every single other aspect of the games are boring.
Hopefully London will will have better looking facilities in 2012.

The 'Look' is one of it's chief selling points. If I understand by the term 'look', you are referring to the product design, the logos, the torch design etc, then this is one of the most successful 'looks', it is distinctly Asian in flavour, no one can deny this. From the scroll design of the torch, the use of 'Chinese colours' in everything, the mascots, the specially commissioned incidental and background music, the exceptional medal design (using gold, jade and bronze). It makes it's recent predecessors generic. Athens and Sydney, i'm sorry are interchangeable.

Alternatively, it could be that you don't think the Olympics should have an Asian influence. Perhaps it should always look like the generic western look...

Actually i think it is the opposite. I miss the chinese flavour. The Look of the Games (the logotypes, pictograms and the decorations graphics) is partialy very unimaginative. Just using the "lucky cloud" pattern over and over again (like sydney did) with rainbow gradients is very boring. It lacks the richness of chinese ornamental culture and art. I would have expected more creativity from a culture of 5000 years.

As about the Athens Look of the Games; it has nothing in common with Sydney. As i wrote in another thread it is the result of researching 5000 years of hellenic culture and art and creating a new, simplistic, for everyone understandable design. It is joyfull, elegant and very creative. It represents hellenic art in combination with the elements of nature, the sea, the earth, the sky and the sun. There was 11 different patterns created and a colour palette of mediterranean, greek freshness which allowed to the organizers to choose fitting colour combinations for each sport.

I will not post pictures because i dont want to go too much off topic.

From the Beijing Look of the Games i like the pictograms which are really good. The graphics of "lucky cloud" are ok but boring. The logotypes "torch relay" "environment" etc. are nice. The Torch is great. But all together it lacks the harmony of a unity.

As about the music, well we have first to hear this music and then we can judge...

All the venues apart from the Birds nest lack imagination and design. The watercube and birds nest are wonderful looking buildings but every single other aspect of the games are boring.
Hopefully London will will have better looking facilities in 2012.

As a third world country with democratic system, funding and labours will be major problems for Britain to hold the Olympics. Perhaps Londoners have better designers, but how can they get adequate money and workers to build the stadiums? Look at the 'shard', they even have problems to demolish the old tower. I really doubt that London is able to complete the construction work before 2012.

many venues have very bland designs. Even flashy indoor venues look dead. The interior of some venues e.g. judo venue, don't do justice to the exterior design.

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look....china flag!! lol!!

look....china flag!! lol!!

Yes...take me 15 mins to position it.

look....china flag!! lol!!

Sometimes, people just have too much free time. :bash:

Wow, wonderful, look like a dream. Thanks for your photos.

Actually i think it is the opposite. I miss the chinese flavour. The Look of the Games (the logotypes, pictograms and the decorations graphics) is partialy very unimaginative. Just using the "lucky cloud" pattern over and over again (like sydney did) with rainbow gradients is very boring. It lacks the richness of chinese ornamental culture and art. I would have expected more creativity from a culture of 5000 years.

As about the Athens Look of the Games; it has nothing in common with Sydney. As i wrote in another thread it is the result of researching 5000 years of hellenic culture and art and creating a new, simplistic, for everyone understandable design. It is joyfull, elegant and very creative. It represents hellenic art in combination with the elements of nature, the sea, the earth, the sky and the sun. There was 11 different patterns created and a colour palette of mediterranean, greek freshness which allowed to the organizers to choose fitting colour combinations for each sport.

I will not post pictures because i dont want to go too much off topic.

From the Beijing Look of the Games i like the pictograms which are really good. The graphics of "lucky cloud" are ok but boring. The logotypes "torch relay" "environment" etc. are nice. The Torch is great. But all together it lacks the harmony of a unity.

As about the music, well we have first to hear this music and then we can judge...

Umm...Savas of Greece, If you search back 7 years of record, you will see the design is "Unity" and Chinese Elements - Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. From the logo to the buildings the element is oozing out, and tell me if not rainbow color what will be the best color for "unity"?? (I think about white since it is the mother of all colors, but it just not look good!!) I think the Chinese one is better, unlike last time it need explanation.

What is going on the Greek and the Brit start attacking the game??

yeah,... i didnt consider this.. :lol:

Tour of the Bird's Nest

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^^ eee... why did you add those photos which were added earlier here? :>

http://www.herzogdemeuron-film.com/

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440$ for a DVD... wow

440$ for a DVD... wow

???? where does it say it ? the link to one of the shop site sells it for 22 euros.

May be it is expensive just in US:

http://www.frif.com/new2008/nest.html

Engineer's worst nightmare

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Im very excited for tomorrow :banana:

Beijing Opening Ceremony Tomorrow on BBC 1 from 12:45pm gmt to 4:45pm gmt
woah 4 hours long..

OMG only one day, im so excited too

Oh wow. Love the fish!!

1 more sleep, cant wait

excited
can't sleep
god god

ah cant sleep

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sod the fish, i do love an older man lol

8.7 Olympic football man

GROUP A
ARG 2 CIV 1
AUS 1 SRB 1

GROUP B
USA 1 JPN 0
NED 0 NGA 0

GROUP C
BRA 1 BEL 0
CHN 1 NZL 1

GROUP D
ITA 3 HON 0
KOR 1 CMR 1

8.7 Olympic football man

GROUP A
ARG 2 CIV 1
AUS 1 SRB 1

GROUP B
USA 1 JPN 0
NED 0 NGA 0

GROUP C
BRA 1 BEL 0
CHN 1 NZL 1

GROUP D
ITA 3 HON 0
KOR 1 CMR 1

^^ ey u have link to korea vs cameroon highlight?

^^ ey u have link to korea vs cameroon highlight?

checking link at http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/matches/round=250016/match=300051806/index.html

and at http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/matches/index.html

Comman guys, this is the thread about the stadium and the Olympics 2008 thread where we gonna wrote all results

What is going on the Greek and the Brit start attacking the game??

Because these Games are going to be the most spectacular, ever. It will completely over shadow Sydney (arguably the most spectacular to date). In terms of the UK, we don't have a cat in hells chance of matching this, some biased individual mentioned that Beijing only has the Birdsnest and Watercube as the only 2 venues worth their salt (or words to that effect). This is so obviously untrue, it's almost laughable.

What has London got? The original concept for the aquatics centre is noteworthy, but NOW, it's been watered down so much that it's just ugly -a total mish mash. The Velodrome, as per usual with the UK, has been revised and cut down. So we had 2 potential good designs and that's about it.

Everything is now drawing towards the opening ceremony which will be the most spectacular. It's obvious there are going to be comparisons. Today we even had an article in Yahoo stating that China was going overboard in it efforts to make the Games successful. I mean why would you write an article complaining about the amount of money spent on the venues, the opening ceremony and security - if not to simply 'China Bash' and disguise obvious envy. They can spend what they like, its of no concern to anyone else.

wowww...... this is going to be hard ....for london........cause......beijing is very prepared........
P!P3

one day to go!!

Just to think of that bird's nest tangled up "strings," how do the builders calculate each of that string to built?? That is really hard and nightmarist to do!

can we focus on beijing and leave london out of this.

can we focus on beijing and leave london out of this.

Not me...I do it at the London side!! :lol::lol::lol:

8.7 Olympic football man

GROUP C
BRA 1 BEL 0
What a referee... :ohno:

(sorry about the O/T Sercan!)

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Man, I love it when they project the fishes on water cubes. Are they animated or just static?

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Man, I love it when they project the fishes on water cubes. Are they animated or just static?
of course they are animated just like in the sea.
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Awesome! Man, visitors can just sit in the park and enjoy outside watching this lovely water cube. :cheers:

of course they are animated just like in the sea.
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Here's a hint: In the Opening Ceremony, look out for whales in the Bird's Nest's roof.. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

What a referee... :ohno:

(sorry about the O/T Sercan!)

Red card out (Vincent KOMPANY 3) & (Marouane FELLAINI 6) for Belgium team

Referee: AL GHAMDI Khalil (KSA)
Assistant Referee 1: AL GHAMDI Mohammed (KSA)
Assistant Referee 2: AL KADRIE Hamdi (SYR)
Fourth official: KASSAI Viktor (HUN)

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Just a few hours :banana:

^^yea...and its like we're waiting for New Year's Eve to come:D

Seven years
Waiting too long for today!
Let's cheer together

One world One Dream One Beijing:)

Congrats to China

anybody know how I can watch it live here in the US??

^
try internet tv
search for cctv 5 or 1

try this one
http://freetube.**********/index.php?view=7Y2N0djU

wow,the water cube just like a LCD,how did it display that？

China is heading a few hours for the Beijing Olympics and i like the construction of the Olympic Village

4.30 hrs to go

4.20~~

4 07

OMG i so can't wait till tonite its all i've been thinking about for such a long time it is truly gonna blow away future hosts that beijing will set the bar so high that it will be unreachable!!!

4.02

4 hrs to go :banana:

EXCEELENT .........

Red card out (Vincent KOMPANY 3) & (Marouane FELLAINI 6) for Belgium team

Referee: AL GHAMDI Khalil (KSA)
Assistant Referee 1: AL GHAMDI Mohammed (KSA)
Assistant Referee 2: AL KADRIE Hamdi (SYR)
Fourth official: KASSAI Viktor (HUN)First yellow for Kompany and second yellow for Fellaini were ridiculous, especially the last one, since there was no contact at all. Belgium was better in the first half, Brazil in the second. The victory isn't undeserved, unfortunately the match was spoiled by the Brazilian comedy and the fact that the referee bought that.

The match was played at Shenyang Olympic Stadium.

Next match: China - Belgium :)

Here ends my going off-topic (unless...)

Back to topic: what time is the opening again? Noon?

I saw (a small part) of a documentary about the Bird's Nest on NGC last night. Unfortunately I missed the construction, was just in time to see the roof supports being removed and the structure standing on itself.

3 hrs to go

this night opening ceremony...about 3hours half!! wow.... cheers beijing cheers olympic cheers...your country!! :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

here at 5:00pm.....3hours later Go!! :banana:

this night opening ceremony...about 3hours half!! wow.... cheers beijing cheers olympic cheers...your country!! :banana::banana::banana:

here at 5:00pm.....3hours later to Go!! :banana:

[QUOTE=Chimaera;23736054]First yellow for Kompany and second yellow for Fellaini were ridiculous, especially the last one, since there was no contact at

Back to topic: what time is the opening again? Noon?

start opening at 8:08pm (night) : time in beijing !! u checking channel at CCTV5 or CCTV1 or other TV ur country!! i know u live in Belgium!! right?? hahah I love Belgium too!! :)

2 hours to go!!

12.45 GMT BBC1!

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FIVE MINUTES!!!!

finally, the opening stared :D :banana:, here it's 5:25 AM

oh my x x god！！
its so amazing

Umm...Savas of Greece, If you search back 7 years of record, you will see the design is "Unity" and Chinese Elements - Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. From the logo to the buildings the element is oozing out, and tell me if not rainbow color what will be the best color for "unity"?? (I think about white since it is the mother of all colors, but it just not look good!!) I think the Chinese one is better, unlike last time it need explanation.

What is going on the Greek and the Brit start attacking the game??

Greek guy won't accept that the Beijing one is way way better than the Athens venue. He still got the Athenian spirit within him for thousands of years. :lol:

The London guy is still full of joy after they won the 2012 Venue but he can't accept the fact that London may have a hard time catching up with the budget.

I think the only fact that can beat Beijing is the political and environmental aspect. Pollution and political stability will now play a critical role in the next venues. I am still hoping that Dubai or Moscow will win it because they have the money and the "guts"!

of course they are animated just like in the sea.

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Oh Yeah! It is so nice! We went there last night and it is so cool! By the way, those are huge animations! Really big!

On the other side of the note.

WE ARE HERE INSIDE THE NEST!!!
AND IT IS STARTING!!!!

... the opening ceremony is being very boring, beauty but boring :ohno:

IMO its amazing... :eek2:

Fantastic show!

... the opening ceremony is being very boring, beauty but boring :ohno:
What did you expect? A parade of new skyscrapers? :)

for me the opening it's a little bit boring - because of the slow music (i know typical chinese culture and chinese music) but for the rest of the world, it could be a little bit tooo slow for some hours...

technically the ceremony is really top!! beautiful atmosphere and lightning... firework is the best of it... the only thing missing is the "fun" of opening the games...

Opening ceremony amazing :shocked::eek2:

Lighting of the cauldron was amazing!!!!!!! Torchbearer was walking on the wall!!!! great show Beijing!! But actually music wasn't so good :/ At this point I'm dissapinted.

Congratulations Beijing...

Spectacular Show! Well done China!

What an amazing opening ceremony.

I particularly like the huge plasma screen right around the whole stadium and the cauldron thingy.

My favourite performance was probably the drums.

Truely outstanding.

I wonder what the closing ceremony has to offer.:banana:

Only thing that i thought really amazing...Lighting of the cauldron!! The rest were too long and boring... i just liked the people walking throw the earth, the doves and the entry of the little survivor of the earthkake. There were too many tech and no emotion at all. They should had explore more the rich history of china!!

One of the best opening in the Olympics Games. Go Beijing!

Spectacular !!!

It was fine, but I found it a bit too short. The last Asian games in Beijing many years ago was a real great "imperial" spectacular.

Awesome stuff, really proud as well. However I did feel the Chinese crowd was a bit subdued in their responses, not even the Chinese team entering made them scream at the top of their lungs.......

Fantastic ceremony ! Well done China !:applause:

Fireworks were very impressive, the biggest fireworks I have ever seen !

It was great, but I think Athens was better.

I have little memory of Sydney and Athens now, but Barcelono still stays with me.

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An amazing ceremony! I especially liked the huge LED screen on the ground. Only the cauldron dissapointed me. The best Olympic cauldron imo was the one in Sydney, where they lit it on the ground, raised it up around the athlete with the torch, and then hauled the whole thing up to the roof.

The running across the roof was amazing, but the lighting itself was disappointing. I expected a better lighting technique.

for me the opening it's a little bit boring - because of the slow music (i know typical chinese culture and chinese music) but for the rest of the world, it could be a little bit tooo slow for some hours...




I'm missing the olympic themes like they had in former opening ceremonies, like L.A. 1984 :

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or Munich 1972:

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Spectacular show put on by the chinese. Leaves Athens2004 decades behind!

I was expecting a "post" socialist art similar to the Mass Games in North Korea. Well, China has changed under Zhang Yimou (Director) and Chen Qigang (Paris trained and based opera composer).

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Opening ceremony photos


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7548773.stm


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I'm in Los Angeles, and I love the Olympics,..talk about an event that brings the world together.

I can't wait to watch the Opening Ceremony tonight when I get home, I haven't missed one since '92.

I'm always intrigued by the creativeness of each one, the culture.

I remember.................

(i'm 30 yo)

MOSCOW 1980: It had a Roman Legion feel, and the lighting of the cauldron was pretty good.

LOS ANGELES 1984: It was amazing, the rocket man, the All American Band, the 84 grand pianos playing Rhapsody in Blue is un-matched...oh, and the L.A. Olympics Theme, which we all know became symbolic of the Olympic movement.

SEOUL 1988: Drums, that's all I remember, many many drums

BARCELONA 1992: The sailing ships and the archer lighting the cauldron

ATLANTA 1996: The bombing, the aweful cauldrom tower, and the shadowie thing they did on the field

SYDNEY 2000: I can't remember, all i remember is the caudron got stuck for like 15 minutes climbing up the waterfall step thing

ATHENS 2004: The cauldron was interesting, weird, but interesting, and the


Let's see what Beijing brings to the table......

For me is the Best ceremony ever!!!

How were the commentaries from the commentators of your TV channel? The German ones were crap. They didn't know anything about Chinese culture and history and were constantly spewing either nonsense or worse: human right here, possible protest during the parade there. They were really hoping for some kind of disruptions.

At one point during the ceremony, I realized that almost 2 billions were watching 3 guys with puppets - very little ones! - and seemed to take forever to finish... Then, I changed the channel...

lol i did the same!! it looks like a poor show in a chinatown plaza!! boring and chisy.

hey guys, cool down...it's just an opening ceremony!

for me the drums at the very beginning did it for me.
they gave me goosebumps when the lights went out and it was just red lights banging against the drums, then the ceremony got gradually boring. however i also liked how the globe came from under ground, the countdown and the lighting of the torch.

Here's the Beijing 2008 theme song "You And Me", sung by Liu Huan and Sarah Brightman:

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Go China! GO!

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Do you anthing anything about chinese culture???. You guys just talk crap.

i know more then you can image but i recognise that im not a specialist. Just like all 4 billion people that watched the show. So they shuld show things from their culture more interesting than some dolls dancing.. thats just my opionion.. the confution part was nice, and about the bamboo and paper also.. but i thought the dolls really boring. I cant know about a culture and dont like it?!?! i like the chinese culture... this only thing in the OC that i dont.

and in SPORTV, the sports cable channel of Globo TV, the most famous basketball player in Brazil did the worst job ever with bad jokes, stupid coments and more.

Really?! I missed! But he was on Globo TV as well... I think he is so funny. He was mad, 'cause didn't allow him to carry the brazilian flag once...
And then he said that Brazilian soccer team would loose to Korea on live broadcasting.... Lol... So funny! He was very mad!

vote in the pool for the best OC ever

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=682084

Wonderful Watercube and Olympic stadium!!

:applause:

I have no words to describe the beaty of both buildings!!

No, the first really spectacular Opening Ceremony was 1980 in Moscow.

It was WOW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-5U8Fvw9tU&feature=related

They were very Romanesque, but very organized, almost like the dancing Korean children; lots of dancing bears.

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Soeul 1988

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17 September 1988: Torch bearers turn to salute the crowd after lighting the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremony of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

cmaaawn, it was great:

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it was an absolutley spectacular opening ceremony! london really wont be able to beat that. we dont have as much national culture. Brilliant stuff, congratulations Beijing!

Amazing Pics :banana:

amazing!!!! amazing opening!!!! china melt international finally.

it was an absolutley spectacular opening ceremony! london really wont be able to beat that. we dont have as much national culture. Brilliant stuff, congratulations Beijing!


we can do that. I think the most impressive areas of it were also the cheapest - not the fireworks, not the plasma screens or the giant props, but the mass people thing. Synchronisation imho can put on a good effect

we can do that. I think the most impressive areas of it were also the cheapest - not the fireworks, not the plasma screens or the giant props, but the mass people thing. Synchronisation imho can put on a good effect

yes i agree the mass people thing was by far the most impressive, however i love the extravegance of chinas modern culture and ancient culture. the screens and fireworks were also fantastic. our plans for the olympics make me ashamed to be english.

yes i agree the mass people thing was by far the most impressive, however i love the extravegance of chinas modern culture and ancient culture. the screens and fireworks were also fantastic. our plans for the olympics make me ashamed to be english.

dont worry, you have 4 years to prepair. shoule be better and better.

yes i agree the mass people thing was by far the most impressive, however i love the extravegance of chinas modern culture and ancient culture. the screens and fireworks were also fantastic. our plans for the olympics make me ashamed to be english.

oh come on . a replay of the Industrial Revolution would be nice.

You cant beat them so just make it simple, low cost....

:)

What about Mr. Bean? Harry Potter? James Bond probably?

Spectacular Opening in 2012

2000 dancers dressed as Fish and chips and dancing to ABBA

:nuts:

did u guys notice there was a smiling face fireworks shot up?
tons of it shot up to the sky
it was shot after the 2 singers sang finished and the globe went down
hope someone could post that picture
the expression for the smiling face firework was like this -> :)