Beijing National StadiuThis world’s most beautiful stadium was designed by Ai Wei Wei with the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron. This stadium is given the name “Beijing National Stadiu”. It is also called as “Bird’s Nest”. In 2002, Government officials brought together architects worldwide in a design competition. Architects Herzog & de Meuron collaborated with ArupSport and China Architecture Design & Research Group took the first place in the competition.
On christmas Eve 2003, the ground was broken. In March 2004, the construction had started.
Construction was stopped following the collapse of Terminal 2E at Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, which had the similar design to the National Stadium. After some corrections and modifications to the design, construction continued. In January 2008, concerns about construction working conditions arose when it was reported there were at least 10 deaths during construction.
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