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Datong Sports Park

The Datong Sports Park includes a 30,000 seat stadium, an 8,000 seat arena, a 1,500 seat natatorium and a multi-use training hall. The sports park is part of a larger plan by the Datong Mayor to regenerate the historic old city and create a new city centre with other development including a city hall, museum and convention centre. Inspiration for the new Datong Sports Park has come from both its impressive cultural heritage and the stunning rugged beauty of the surrounding landscape outside Read more [...]

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I. M. Pei

Ieoh Ming Pei (born April 26, 1917), commonly known by his initials I. M. Pei, is a Pritzker Prize-winning Chinese-born American architect, known as the last master of high modernist architecture. Pei was born in Canton, China on April 26, 1917, to a prominent family from Suzhou. His father, a banker, was later the director of the Bank of China and the governor of the Central Bank of China. His family later moved to Shanghai, but resided in his native city Suzhou, a city near Shanghai. The family's Read more [...]

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Beijing National Stadium

The Beijing National Stadium, popularly known as the "Bird's Nest"because of its design, is a stadium under construction on the Olympic Green in Beijing, China that is scheduled for completion in March, 2008. The stadium will host the main track and field competitions for the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. It is located right next to the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. Design In 2002, Government officials engaged architects worldwide in a design competition. Read more [...]

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New Buildings

It will be interesting to note that when you search for "New buildings" on Google, Yahoo and MSN you get www.newbuildings.org at the top of the list. New Buildings Institue (NBI) a nonprofit corporation that works to promote and improved energy performance in new constructions. It is PR 6 website with only 29 pages and 9 external links. With the many new buildings under construction, where else can you find 12 in just one place, we are not talking about simple buildings or structure, but unique Read more [...]

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