Watercube Opens

Architect Chris Bosse (now: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA)) shares these photographs of the Watercube (aka National Swimming Center) in Beijing, China by PTW/CCDI/Arup, which recently made its official opening with "The Good Luck Beijing" Open.


[Watercube in the foreground with Herzog & de Meuron's "Bird's Nest" beyond | photograph by Chris Bosse]


[Watercube right and Bird's Nest left | photograph by Chris Bosse]


[Watercube at night; compare with the project rendering of the same view | photograph by Chris Bosse]


[Closer view of the ETFE facade | photograph by Chris Bosse]


[Inside the "bubbles" | photograph by Chris Bosse]


[The bright interior | photograph by Chris Bosse]

More photos are available on Chris's Flickr set (with more on the rest of Flickr). Many thanks to Chris for sharing!