China re-design Beijing Olympic 2008 Stadium

24 February 2006 | Category: Architecture Matters

China re-design Beijing Olympic 2008 Stadium

Organisers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics have stopped work on their 100,000-seat stadium in order to re-design it under orders to cut costs, a spokeswoman for the organisers said yesterday. Work has been suspended for a re-design meant to lower the cost, said Zhu Jing, a spokeswoman for the organising committee. Zhu Jing said she didn’t know how long the suspension would last, the new projected cost or other details.

The suspension follows a demand by Mayor Wang Qishan last month for organisers to be more frugal. News accounts of his comments did not give details of the cost-cutting targets. The National Stadium, designed by Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron, initially was budgeted at 3 billion yuan (US$360mil).

Go to Beijing Municipal Comission of Urban Planning for the full presentation of key scheme proposed by architects around the world.

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13 Comments

  1. Svilen
    on August 5th, 2007
    1

    I will help Beijing be famous ,you will see !!!

  2. Jay
    on March 10th, 2008
    2

    China should never be Olympic Host, because violation of human right’s in that idiot country!

  3. Venessa
    on April 19th, 2008
    3

    no offence but Jay’s message is just like, stupid
    and still no offence, just coz china started out small and every other country waz fighting against it and then china turned powerful so it got to host doesn’t mean you’re the king of olympics!

  4. Ashton Tan De xi
    on April 20th, 2008
    4

    I LOVE CHINA !

    CHINA BEIJING Olympic WILL BE CONTINUE HOST NO MATTER WHAT ! ..

    THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO INTTER OR STOP Olympic, I’LL CURSED THEM BADLY.

    I LOVE CHINA ! .. CHINA, U’RE THE BEST !

  5. jc
    on April 23rd, 2008
    5

    Love the country…
    Nice food…
    Great culture…

    Dumb ignorant people…
    Opressive narrow minded politicians…

    FREE TIBETE!

  6. Ying Ying
    on May 4th, 2008
    6

    I come china.
    I think China is the best country in the intre universe.
    You could go and see the great wall of china and you could go on the trains.
    The trains are soo coooooooool, because it has bunks and a little bedroom just for you, but in england there not any trains like the ones in china.
    CHINA RULES, CONGRATUALATIONS CHINA, YOU ROCK

  7. David
    on May 4th, 2008
    7

    Something must be working greatly in china. And for thousands of years. The country’s achievement has accelerated in the last 2 decades, although to some critics that’s not enough. Maybe China will provide a new model for many other countries.

  8. David
    on May 6th, 2008
    8

    This year’s Olympics is going to be one of a kind!!!

  9. CiCi
    on May 8th, 2008
    9

    China is a country with 5000 yrs history, anyway there must be some reasons for a country to have such a long history. If you dont know the truth, then plz dont put all shit on China!Sports and politics they cannot be connected together.China welcomes you, Beijing welcomes you!
    Btw,ONE PART OF OUR LAND is called Tibet,not Tibete!

  10. drakes
    on May 12th, 2008
    10

    There is no point using the human rights problem to oppress China’s rights of hosting the Olympics. There should always be a change in the way people look at stuffs. We should not let the things of yesterday take much of today lest we shall never progress. Therefore China should be given the chance to prove their grandeur in another perspective.

  11. ray
    on May 30th, 2008
    11

    jay your comment is full of shit!
    i hope you die.

  12. ray
    on May 30th, 2008
    12

    china is the best, your the one whos being a idiot for saying that. go to sleep
    dont talk anymore
    seriously

  13. harry
    on June 17th, 2008
    13

    i think china is gonna be the best olympics wag wan blud sfe sfe

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