Architecture of Olympic Proportions - China's Top 10 Remarkable New Buildings (GALLERY)

China is on a building-spree in Beijing and Shanghai to show off to the world when the host the Olymipics in 2008.

Check out some of the hip new architecture!

The Beijing National Stadium is the home for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The National Swimming Center is designed to be environmentally sound.

National Grand Theater is built not far from Beijing’s historic Forbidden City.

The CCTV building has two towers leaning inwards.

The Commune is built alongside the Great Wall of China.

Pudong, the Shanghai skyscraper, will become the world’s tallest building, with 101 floors.

Linked Hybrid building will house 2,500 Beijing residents.

The Donghai Bridge connects Shanghai to Yangshan Island.

The new terminal of the Beijing International Airport will make it one of the biggest in the world.

The Dongtan Eco City will be the new home for 50,000 people.

Check out the new terminal, some of the design concepts for the Beijing Stadium and the National Swimming Center as featured on Trend Hunter before:

Multi-Billion Dollar Airport - Beijing’s Luxury Terminal (GALLERY)

In February of next year, the world’s largest luxury airport will open in Beijing, arriving in time to accommodate the international tourists arriving for the Summer 2008 Olympic Games. One single building, Terminal 3, will be bigger than all five of London’s Heathrow Airport terminals combined."… [More]

2008 Olympic Architecture - China’s Stadium Designs (GALLERY)

China is booming with new architecture and a mad scramble to get the city fit to play host to next summer’s Olympics when Beijing will host the XXIX Olympiad. The games are less than a year away (August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008), causing a mad scramble for the city’s big debut in the international… [More]

China’s Olympic Bubble (GALLERY)

You just have to love the Chinese. They are master designers with a flair for the dramatic & the National Swim Center bubble they have designed is pure aesthetically-pleasing poetry. What do we have in North America that compares? Nothing, nada, zip, zilch. Why? I’m not sure, but maybe it’s the chem… [More]