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Watercube
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LOCATION |
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 China [Zhōngguó/Zhōnghuá] |
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Beijing |
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Beijing |
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Beichen West Rd (Olympic Park)
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Sports buildings
Gyms and swimming pools
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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2003
project winner of competition
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2008 |
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AWARDS |
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| 2009 |
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IOC/IAKS Award
International Olympic Committee
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| AIA - The Jørn Utzon Award for International Architecture |
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International Architecture Award
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Stefania Suma, "Le cattedrali contemporanee del benessere e del tempo libero/Contemporary cathedrals of fitness and free-time", L'industria delle costruzioni 413, maggio-giugno/may-june 2010 [Architetture per lo sport], p. 12 (4-21) |
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| Frank Kaltenbach, "One World One Dream? Neue Bauten für das neue China/One World - One Dream? New Buildings for the New China", Detail 7-8/2008 [Groß Tragwerke/Large Structures/Grandes structures], "Diskussion/Discussion" pp. 736-737 (734-739) |
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| Clifford A. Pearson, "National Swimming Center. PTW, Arup and China State Construction & Engineering", Architectural Record 7/2008, july 2008 [Beijing transformed], pp. 100-103 |
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| "»Watercube« - Nationales Schwimmzentrum in Peking/"Watercube" - National Swimming Centre in Beijing", Detail 12/2007 [Digital Details/Détails numériques/Digitale], "Dokumentation/Documentation" pp. 1469-1475, 1559 |
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| Claudia Barana, "The Water Cube. National Swimming Centre in Beijing", OF Arch 99, novembre-dicembre/november-december 2007, "Architettura" pp. 40-47 |
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| Ruggero Lenci, "Energia della creatività / The water Cube", L'Arca Plus 52, I trimestre/1st quarter 2007 [Impianti sportivi/Sport Complexes], pp. 38-47 |
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CSCEC+design (China State Construction Engineering Corporation), Beijing
Arup, Sydney |
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PTW Architects
John Bilmon, Mark Butler, Chris Bosse
CSCEC+design
Zhao Xiaojun, Wang Min, Shang Hong
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| John Blanchard, Chris Bosse, Mark Butler, Alan Crowe, Andrew Frost, Michael Lam, John Pauline, Kurt Wagner |
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| Plastic models, rendering, visualization |
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