Construction is nearly complete on the Beijing Olympic Stadium , shaped like a massive blade doll ’s nest , and the swimming - kitty - satiate Water Cube , which see like a composition of shine foreign machinery . This is an genuine pic of the buildings at dark . We ’ve also got some less - surreal glimpses of them too .
Here you’re able to see people posing in front of the Nest last workweek .
And here ’s a closeup of the crisscross blade girder that take shape the exoskeleton of the Nest .
The Water Cube isactually made of gamy - tech materials that emulate bubblesto keep the heat inside the building .
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Top image courtesy of AP ; midway trope by Feng Li / Getty ; bottom image by Elizabeth Dalziel / AP .
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