The National Stadium —“Bird's Nest”2008 Olympic Project

Project: The National Stadium
Location: Olympic Village, Beijing
Building Height: 68.5m (3 floors)
Floor Area: 258,000m2
Area of Curtain Wall: 38,500m2
Curtain Wall Type: tensioned membrane structure
Architecture Design Institute: Herzog and De Meuron; China Architecture Design & Research
Group; OVE Arup & Partners, Australia
Architect(s): Thomas Polster；Qiu Jianbing
Concrete Main Contractor: Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd.
Project Supervisor: China International Engineering Consulting Corporation
Materials: ETFE membrane made in Japan