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Herzog & de Meuron’s Bird’s Nest

  • Posted by: danielriley
  • on February 1, 2008 at 12:08 pm

For those of you who aren’t yet obsessed with Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron—the Swiss architects behind London’s Tate Modern, the Barcelona Forum, the de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, Allianz Arena in Munich, and 40 Bond Street in NYC—we think the stadium they’ve built in Beijing for this summer’s Olympic Games might push you over the edge.

Check out this trailer for “Bird’s Nest,” the documentary tracking the conception and construction of the stadium:

“Bird’s Nest” Trailer

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