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08-08-08.  The Olympics are going to hit Beijing like a political sledgehammer.  One thing the world can agree on, though, is that Beijing's Olympic buildings are stunning.  The Bird's Nest and the Water Cube?  They have no precedent.  They are totally ground-breaking.  You'll see.

The Bird's Nest

Img214260925.jpgIt's a bit difficult to digest all that's there with a single shot, so take my hand and I'll lead you through it.  There's a stadium in there.  A 91,000-seat Olympic stadium.  It's surrounded by steel, so much steel that it is officially the largest steel structure in the world.  How much steel?  Well, 36 kilometers of it (over 22 miles).  Even more odd, that steel is a separate building from the stadium inside.  Let's take a look.

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