The National Stadium, Beijing.

Discusses how a range of tools including computer-aided design visualization and rapid prototypes allowed the exploration of the complex form and geometry of the main stadium for the XXIX Olympiad to be held in Beijing, China in 2008. Design by a team of Herzog & de Meuron, ArupSport and China Archi...

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Published in:Architects' Journal Vol. 219; no. 15; pp. 52 - 56
Format: Article
Published: EMAP Publishing Limited 4/15/2004
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