Officially opened in June 2008, Beijing National Stadium was designed to serve the purpose of use for 2008 Summer Olympics. This project involved a joint venture among Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron of Herzog & de Meuron, project architect Stefan Marbach and chief architect Li Xinggang from China while Ai Weiwei, leading Chinese artist, was the artistic consultant throughout the project. The original inspiration came from a mixture of local Chinese art form - the crackle glazed pottery and the Chinese Scholar stones, which was further developed into a web of twisting steel forming the roof - the Beijing Bird's Nest.
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