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	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Designer	PTW Architects, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Location	Beijing, China
Date	2003 to late 2007
Building Type	Stadium
Construction System	steel, structural glass
Climate	Warm Temperate
Context	Urban, Park
Architectural Style	High Tech Modern
Builder	China State Construction Engineering Corporation, Beijing, China
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Notes	Also known as The Water Cube. Designed with Arup and the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, Beijing, China (CSCEC); Part of the Beijing Olympic Green, site of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Contents 1 Images 2 Discussion 2.1 Related Content from Wikipedia 3 Maps 4 References 5 External Links

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Building Details
Client	Beijing State Asset Management, Chinese Olympic Committee, 2008 Summer Olympics
Cost	$140 Million AUD
Area	90,000 square meters (968,800 square feet)
Length	177 meters (581 feet)
Width	30 meters (98 feet)
Program	five pools, restaurant, seating for 17,000 (6,000 permanent, 11,000 temporary).
Awards	Recipient, Australian Institute of Architects 2008 National Award, International Architecture

The Beijing National Aquatics Center is the main venue for aquatic competitions during the 2008 Summer Olympics, to be held in Beijing, China. Together with the Beijing National Stadium, the aquatics center (known as the Water Cube) stands at the center of the Olympic park in Beijing.

The building's unique exterior envelope was designed to recall bubbles in water.

A key element of the building's sustainability is its "reuse and recycling of 80% of water harvested from the roof catchment areas, pool backwash systems and overland flows".

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Beijing National Aquatics Center

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• 'The Water Cube', National Aquatics Centre, Beijing. Arup.com.
  • The Giant Greenhouse. Arup.com.
  • The Structure. Arup.com.
  • The Technology. Arup.com.
  • Protecting 'The Water Cube'. Arup.com.
  • Managing the Project. Arup.com.
  • The Water Cube: a sustainable venue. Arup.com.
• "Aussie Architecture Awards 2008", by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 406, 2008.1119, pN1.1.

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• News coverage at YouTube.com
• Beijing National Aquatics Center photo set at Flickr
• Aquatics Center official web page
• Engineering the Watercube - National Geographic Channel
• "Making the Water Cube", by Sherif Morad Abdelmohsen, with Chuck Eastman et al., ArchitectureWeek No. 378, 2008.0430, p T1.1.